Even The Harlem Globetrotters Haven’t Won Every Game They’ve Played (Cool Weird Awesome 1308)
Today in 1995, the Harlem Globetrotters lost! It hasn't happened often, but we'll tell you about two times the storied team didn't come out on top.
An NFL Team Drafted Norm Michael In College, But He Didn’t Find Out Until 55 Years Later (Cool Weird Awesome 1306)
Today in 1999, a news report about how Norm Michael was drafted by the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles. The catch? He'd been drafted in 1944.
After His Legendary Basketball Career, Wilt Chamberlain Became A Pro Volleyball Player (Cool Weird Awesome 1297)
Today in 1936, the birthday of Wilt Chamberlain, a legend on the basketball court who, after retirement, took a detour into the world of professional volleyball.
Gertrude Ederle Set A Record For Swimming The English Channel, And She Did It In A Thunderstorm (Cool Weird Awesome 1286)
Today in 1926, American Gertrude Ederle swam from France to England, a record-setting crossing of the English Channel she made in stormy weather!
The “Blood In The Water Match” Brought Some Cold War Violence To The 1956 Summer Games (Cruel Weird Awful 20)
The 1956 Summer Games are sometimes called the “Friendly Games,” although there was also a water polo match between technically allied Hungary and the USSR that was anything but friendly.
Every July 1 Is A Million Dollar Day For Baseball’s Bobby Bonilla (Cool Weird Awesome 1265)
Longtime baseball fans know this is the day each year that former star Bobby Bonilla gets more than a million bucks from the New York Mets, as part of the strangest salary deal the sport's ever seen.
The Baseball Game Lou Gehrig Played After He Stopped Playing Baseball (Cool Weird Awesome 1257)
Lou Gehrig famously ended his consecutive games streak in the spring of 1939, not long before he was diagnosed with ALS. But on this day in 1939, he played one last exhibition game in Kansas City.
Did A Finnish Skier Actually Spit Out His Dentures On His Way To A Gold Medal? (Cool Weird Awesome 1240)
Kalle Jalkanen's Finnish ski team won a big come from behind victory in the 1936 Winter Games, but what legend says happened along the way is an even more unusual part of the story.
The Outtakes From Orson Welles’ Wine Commercial Might Be His Most Legendary Work (Cool Weird Awesome 1236)
Today was the birthday in 1915 of Orson Welles, a one of a kind creative force. And yet somehow one of his most viewed works is also a set of apparently drunken outtakes from a wine commercial in the 80s!
Bonnie Richardson Won A State Track Team Championship By Herself – Twice (Cool Weird Awesome 1233)
This month in 2008, a high school athlete from a very small town competed as a team of one in the Texas track championships, and finished first two years in a row.