Only one NFL player has died on the field: Chuck Hughes in 1971. The game continued with a silent crowd.
In 1935, German soccer player…
In 1935, German soccer player Antoine Raab was imprisoned for refusing to give the Nazi salute at a soccer game.
The Minnesota Vikings are building a stadium…
The Minnesota Vikings are building a stadium that costs more than sending a space probe to Pluto.
During the 2015 Paris attacks the German National Soccer…
During the 2015 Paris attacks the German National Soccer Team couldn’t go back to their hotel and as a result had to sleep on mattresses and as a sign of solidarity the French National Team slept with them in the stadium.
In 1982 the University of Pittsburgh rugby team was caught…
In 1982 the University of Pittsburgh rugby team was caught using human heads stolen from the schools anatomy lab to warm up before a game.
Korean Tennis player, Duck Hee Lee…
Korean Tennis player, Duck Hee Lee, currently ranks in ATP’s top 300. He is only 17 and deaf.
A teacher in Queens resigned after an investigation revealed he’d used…
A teacher in Queens resigned after an investigation revealed he’d used 11 sick days to compete in professional wrestling matches, once on a televised “SmackDown!” match against Kurt Angle. His name was Matt Striker. He got signed to the WWE, and still makes his living in the Wrestling Industry as a Commentator.
With a permanent population of less than one million people, Qatar…
With a permanent population of less than one million people, Qatar hires migrant workers to fill their empty stadiums in the Qatar Stars League, paying them one dollar an hour to “sit in the stadiums and pretend to have fun”.
NFL defensive tackle Amobi Okoye is the youngest player ever to play…
NFL defensive tackle Amobi Okoye is the youngest player ever to play in the NFL. After testing into 9th grade at 12 and graduating at 16, he chose to play NCAA football at Louisville (though he was accepted to Harvard) before graduating early and being drafted by the Texans at the age of 19.
In the 1977 NBA draft, Bruce Jenner was selected 139th overall…
In the 1977 NBA draft, Bruce Jenner was selected 139th overall by the Kansas City Kings, despite not having actually played basketball since high school.