The 10 Biggest Upsets in World Cup History

Every World Cup leaves behind one result that people refuse to believe even while watching it happen. The fun part is that for every single one of those matches, somebody had already measured the impo...

The 10 Most Dominant World Cup Teams of All Time

Every World Cup hands us a team somebody swears is the best they have ever seen, and then four years later we do the whole thing again with somebody else. But best and most dominant are two different ...

The 53-Year Wait: Why the Knicks Haven't Won Since 1973

The New York Knicks have not won an NBA championship since 1973. Fifty-three years. The longest drought of any major-market franchise in American sports, served up with a side of the world's most famo...

World Cup 2026 Prize Money: Where the $871M Goes

The 2026 World Cup is shaping up to be the richest tournament in the history of sport. The champion will pocket a record $50 million, the 48 teams will split $871 million, and FIFA is on track to bank...

Why Michael Jordan Made $300 Million From Nike Last Year

Michael Jordan signed a 5-year, $2.5 million contract with Nike in the fall of 1984 that nobody, including Nike, expected to amount to much. Forty-one years later, the Jordan Brand crossed $7 billion ...

5 Years Michael Jordan Should Have Won MVP But Didn't

Michael Jordan won five NBA MVP awards. Only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (6) has won more. But ask almost any longtime NBA observer how many MVPs Jordan should have won, and the answer is always a bigger numb...

5 Years LeBron James Should Have Won MVP But Didn't

LeBron James has won four NBA MVP awards. Only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (6), Bill Russell (5), and Michael Jordan (5) have won more. But ask almost any longtime NBA observer how many MVPs LeBron should hav...

The 10 Most Athletic US Presidents, Ranked

On June 14, 2026, the UFC will stage the first professional sporting event ever held on the South Lawn of the White House. The choice of sport, given the building's athletic history, is not as unusual...

Ranking All 24 Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cups (1916-1993)

The Montreal Canadiens have won the Stanley Cup more times than any franchise in NHL history. Twenty-four championships, spread across two transcendent dynasties (1956-60 and 1976-79) and three additi...

Every NBA Team to Come Back From a 3-1 Series Deficit

Coming back from a 3-1 series deficit in the NBA playoffs is, historically, almost impossible. Of the roughly 300 best-of-seven series in NBA history that have reached a 3-1 score, only 15 have ended ...

Charlie Gardiner: The Goalie Who Won The Cup, Then Died

Modern athletes get traded for failing to play through a sore knee. In 1934, the captain of the Chicago Black Hawks won his team its first Stanley Cup while a tonsillar infection silently destroyed hi...

10 Biggest Blowouts in NBA Playoff History

The NBA playoffs are supposed to be where the league's best teams meet and grind out close, hard-fought basketball. Most of the time, that's exactly what happens. But every once in a while, one team c...

How Did Michael Jordan Do in Game 7s Over His Career?

Whenever the Michael Jordan GOAT debate kicks off again, somebody always says it. "He never lost a Finals. Six for six. Game 7? Forget it, he didn't even need them." And that part is actually true. Ac...

4 NHL Teams That Came Back From Down 3-0 In A Playoff Series

Two percent. That's the success rate when an NHL team falls behind 3-0 in a playoff series. Two hundred and eleven teams have stared down that abyss across Stanley Cup playoff history. Four climbed ou...

10 NFL Draft Picks Who Said No To The League

The NFL Draft is supposed to be the start of a dream. You hear your name called, you hold up a jersey, you cash a fat check, and you go play professional football. That is how it works for almost ever...

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