All sports have the potential of becoming about much more than athletics, transforming into symbols of a culture’s and country’s mood, insecurities, conflicts, and hopes. But perhaps no sport lends itself to this kind of transposition more than boxing. For the purity of boxing gives it the nature of a blank canvas; there is no playing field or special equipment; the rules are few and e... read full post picked by bingo 5 months ago

Pretty funny. But there is a problem. You can suck at chess but compensate with boxing. But if you suck at boxing.....Lets just say you're in deep trouble. picked by sholom22 2 years ago

Yes, it is what it seems. Two players beat the crap out of each other while trying to carry on a game of chess. picked by rjonesx 1 year ago

The history of chess is more than 1500 years. It’s the oldest skill game in the world. Ancient chess are represented in the museums in all over the world. They are amazing. But times change. Nowadays modern art gives the artist more leeway in technical execution as well as concept expression and arrangements of design elements. There are no strict rules and obligations the artists must stick... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

It costs more than $5 million a year per team for salaries to disabled players, over the years there has been many unusual injuries in baseball and here is the top ten. picked by danswayuk 3 years ago

Football players would be better off drinking chocolate milkshake after a game than expensive recovery drinks, claim scientists.

Researchers found that chocolate milkshake's "natural" muscle recovery benefits match or may even surpass a specially designed carbohydrate sports drink. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

Flight Simulator geeks are flying around the world in the 2007 Round-The-World Flight Simulator Race. The race pits teams from AVSim, FlightSim and Sim-Outhouse against each other in a race around the world with special rules, conditions and bonuses. All teams were given the rules 24 hours in advance of the start of the race (10a EST on Friday). The rules include route requirements (such as two a... read full post picked by dfelteau 3 years ago

The Hip-Hop Chess Federation (HHCF) announced the 1st Annual Chess Kings Invitational, which will include a celebrity chess tournament and emcee battle. The event will be hosted by Rakaa of Dilated Peoples and will feature appearances by Wu-Tang members and multi-platinum artists RZA and GZA, chess master Josh Waitzkin, DJ QBert and other surprise guests, who will discuss how music, chess and mart... read full post picked by sholom22 2 years ago

You know what the numbers mean even without the names attached: 100, .406, 2,003, 1.12.

Now we can add Tom Brady's 50 touchdown passes. Athletes talk about playing in a zone -- Brady was there for an entire season, which is why we add his name to our list of 25 greatest individual seasons in sports history: picked by wags273 2 years ago

The Houston Astros didn't make it? picked by tomphoolry 3 years ago

As a huge sports fan, I couldn't agree any more with the selections. Although as a depressed Knicks fan, I would've rated Walt Frazier higher on the list. "The Knicks are wheeling and dealing, passing and thrashing, bounding and astounding...." picked by carguy4life 1 year ago

The Top 25 sports stories in the last 25 years as told by USA Today. From Balco to OJ...try and guess which one was number one picked by sholom22 2 years ago

American chess master Bobby Fischer, the reclusive who became a Cold War icon when he dethroned the Soviet Union's Boris Spassky as world champion in 1972, has died. He was 64. picked by Nunkii 2 years ago

Some sports have shown major improvements over the years. As an example Spitz's 1972 Olympic and World record time would have been too slow to even make the field. Others like free throws in basketball have shown very little improvements. Two interesting articles picked by 2manyusernames 9 months ago

Bulgarian grandmaster Kiril Georgiev managed to break the world record for the largest number of simultaneous chess games played. Georgiev played a total of 360 games simultaneously and wrapped up his chess marathon within 14 hours and 8 minutes. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

Everyone know that celebrities like to do weird and shocking things; it's apparently in their publicity seeking nature. The latest trend in the Hollyweird shockfest seems to be who can name their kid the weirdest (or stupidest, whichever you prefer) name possible. (DEAD LINK FIX'D, NOW TOP 20) picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

If you’re an avid movie watcher, you’ve probably come across some pretty weird urban legends and myths. What’s amazing is that oftentimes real-life occurrences of mass hysteria, spurred on by mass psychogenic illness or collective obsessional behavior are much more bizarre and scary than fictional myths. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

All over the world, people practice numerous wedding customs that have been passed on through many generations. Although each has a long history of meaning and significance, many just seem strange and out of place in today’s culture. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A fantastic collection of the greatest sports meltdowns.
Some with links to videos. picked by Hoosker 3 years ago