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 tags sports basketball records baseball swimming |
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Spanish sport's poor reputation for insensitivity towards racial issues has been further harmed by an advertisement in which the country's Beijing Olympic basketball teams make slit-eyed gestures. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
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 2 comments edit related share sports |
Very good piece. I'm just glad my Mets didn't take any of the top few spots. picked by carguy4life 1 year ago 6 comments edit related share plime.com |
Very very nice Basketball Photos picked by Hilton 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
You know what the numbers mean even without the names attached: 100, .406, 2,003, 1.12. 0 comments edit related share sportsNow 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 |
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7 sports that are as ridiculous as they are real picked by rjonesx 2 years ago 4 comments edit related share sports |
An Australian woman who spent more than 60 years in an iron lung to treat polio has died at the age of 83. June Middleton entered the Guinness World Book of Records in 2006 as the person who has spent the longest time in an iron lung. An American woman hs also been in an irong lung for 60 years. picked by suebe 4 weeks ago 8 comments edit related share world |
Here are the 10 tallest men to play the game of basketball in the NBA. Some are lucky to be here just for their height and are hardly known to anyone not deeply involved with basketball, while others completed a very respectful and successful career in the NBA (One is still active). picked by pantero 8 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Think rabid soccer moms and blood thirsty baseball dads. When their children were cheap shotted or wrong called, these parents went for the throats of other youth players, coaches, and parents. If these parents attack, you don't want to be around. picked by rjonesx 1 year ago 2 comments edit related share sports |
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 0 comments edit related share sports |
Football players would be better off drinking chocolate milkshake after a game than expensive recovery drinks, claim scientists. 23 comments edit related share scienceResearchers 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 |
Ready to make history by joining together to purchase, build, and operate a real pro sports franchise? It's time to leave the Fantasy behind and step up to the foul line with one second left of a tied game. picked by NegativeOpt 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share sports |
Historical essay of how religion (via the YMCA) created the "manly man" sport, and how in time, the whole idea backfired. Well researched and written. picked by dreamering 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share sports |
This is absolutely insane, a plane crashes on the baseball field during a game. picked by JuicyFruit 3 years ago 5 comments edit related share plime.com |
The soggy weather might have cast a dampener on the traditional British summer - but it has ensured vegetables are thriving and breaking new records. This monster vegetable now holds the new world record for the biggest ever marrow after weighing in at 65 kilos (113lbs). picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
The Houston Astros didn't make it? picked by tomphoolry 3 years ago 2 comments edit related share sports |
A few years ago, a number of brave intelligent men and women from the land of JaxWorth set out for the shores of Nova Roma. This was the New World discovered in the 15th century by Roman sailors traveling across the Pacific in search of a route to trade with India. Basically it was a shared-world created by Donteatpoop, Icepigs, and others. They imagined a world where Rome never fell and went o... read full post picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago 2 comments edit related share entertainment |
Wannabe rock stars from across the UK have turned out in their hundreds to smash the world record for the most drummers playing the same beat at one time. The colossal cacophony was in aid of charity Stick It To MS. picked by marcelsmit 5 months ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
Thailand's Scorpion Queen has set a new world record - by holding a poisonous scorpion in her mouth for just over two minutes. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
Maria Esther de Capovilla died early Sunday, two days after she came down with pneumonia. At 116 years old, she was considered in the "Guinness Book of World Records" the worlds oldest person. picked by jaxomlotus 3 years ago 0 comments edit related share weird |