Germany Schaefer, The Baseball Player Who Stole First Base
Today in 1911, a very strange thing happened in a baseball game: a guy on second base ran backwards and stole first base, the base he'd just been on. Here's his very unusual story.
“Eric The Eel” Won An Olympic Heat With The Slowest Time In The Field
Sometimes the Olympic athletes who don’t win are the ones who make big impressions. Eric Moussambani was a hit at the 2000 Summer Games despite finishing well behind the rest of the competitors in his event.
Could Juggling Be The Next Big Olympic Sport?
Competitive juggling is a sport that requires skill, concentration, technical mastery and creativity. And there's a push to bring it to the Summer Games someday.
Women Couldn’t Compete In The Ancient Olympics, So They Held The Heraean Games Instead
In ancient Greece, the Olympics were for men only. But from what we can tell, women representing 16 city-states would come together every four years to weave a robe for Hera, the queen of the gods, and hold a footrace for single women.
Two Olympians Turned A Silver And A Bronze Into “Medals Of Friendship”
Whenever the Olympic Games take place we see athletes giving their all to win gold and glory - but we also see great examples of competitors who show character and kindness toward each other. Here’s the story of two of those athletes, who ended up winning the only half-silver, half-bronze medals in Olympic history.
The 1904 Men’s Marathon Was The Weirdest Olympic Race Ever
The men's marathon at the 1904 Olympics could have won a gold medal for biggest trainwreck in Summer Games history. Here's how dirt, dehydration, dogs and more helped make this as bizarre a run as they get.
Some Olympians Won Medals For Painting And Shooting Cannons
For better or for worse, the Summer Olympics are finally here. We thought it would be a good time to look back at some of the lesser-known events in the history of the Games, like painting and cannon shooting.
It’s The Birthday of “Steady” Ed Headrick, the “Father of Disc Golf”
It's the birthday of the guy who took two sports and fused them into one: Ed Headrick, known today as the Father of Disc Golf. Here's some of his story.
The Time A Golfer Won The US Open While Suffering From Dysentery
The 1934 US Open was a prestigious but kind of strange golf tournament. The guy who won it, Olin Dutra, was sick as a dog the whole time.
Tennis Balls Are Optic Yellow Thanks To David Attenborough
In the old days, tennis balls were white, but when documentary film legend David Attenborough pushed the BBC to carry the Wimbledon tournament in color, the tennis world realized those balls weren't showing up very well for home viewers.