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Manon Rhéaume, The First Woman To Play NHL Hockey

She made hockey history as the first woman to ever play in the National Hockey League.

A Football Team Selected John Wayne In The 1971 NFL Draft

Back then, the drafts were strictly business, except for the moment when an NFL franchise appeared to draft one of the biggest names in Hollywood.

Károly Takács Was A Right Handed Sport Shooter, But Won Olympic Gold Left-Handed

An injury meant he couldn't compete using his dominant hand, so he retrained himself to compete with his other hand.

A 1960s Computer Simulated A “Super Fight” Between Two Heavyweight Legends

As legendary boxing trainer Angelo Dundee put it, “To err is a machine.”

Fred Thomas Played In The World Series While He Was On Active Duty In The US Navy

And his two jobs led to a pretty big custom in modern American sports.

Pedestrianism, The Enormously Popular 19th Century Sport Where People Went For Really Long Walks

You could draw 10,000 paying spectators to an arena to see a bunch of people walk around in a loop for hours.

Why Take A Bath Or A Shower When You Can Hop Into A “Human Washing Machine”?

We have baths and we have showers, but now a company in Japan is offering a pod that it says will wash and dry a person in about 15 minutes.

It’s Sports Get Wild Week On Cool Weird Awesome

This week we’re replaying our favorite episodes about when the world of sports went off course.

A Fair In Washington State Is Famous For Its Spaceburgers

If you’re near Moses Lake, Washington in the next couple days, you can try an iconic fair food: the Spaceburger.

Frank Hayes, The Only Jockey To Die During A Horse Race And Win Anyway

You win some, you lose some, hopefully you live through them all... but not always.

When Teenager Michael Chang Beat The World’s Top Tennis Player At The French Open

Today in 1989, an up and coming 17 year old tennis player faced off against the world's number one, plus fatigue, muscle cramps and more, and still found a way to pull off a huge upset.