Where have all the hypercompetitive, in-it-to-win-it Major League Baseball team owners gone? Straight to the bank. The baseball gravy train is on a roll. In 2022, the average MLB franchise was worth ...
These men and women used sports to address serious issues in society. Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s decision in 2016 to not stand for the national anthem as a protest ...
Metrics have reset the bar for Cooperstown, and a few of those who fall short may surprise you. Remember when baseball was a simple game? Yeah, me, too. Then metrics reared its decimal point and ...
Basketball is the second-most popular sport in U.S. high schools. But only the best programs create pros. The NBA has become a global game. Still, the grassroots of basketball come at the youth level, ...
Decibel levels, championships and our own ears have proven these to be the loudest college football stadiums of all time. There’s a good argument to be made that there is no sports fan, in any ...
For decades, Mount Rushmore was a large hill and tourist attraction in South Dakota. Then, fans and media turned it into the Mount Everest of sports, the most visited final four of all-time greatness.
Some of the best basketball players have worn some of the best basketball shoes. These kicks stand out from the rest. Some of the best basketball players have worn some of the best shoes. But just as ...
These charming minor league parks offer major league fan experiences that go far beyond the action on the field. Any diehard baseball fan will attest that there’s no experience quite like an afternoon ...
Many AHL and ECHL hockey arenas now offer big league fan experiences at minor league games. Here are the places to go. Minor league hockey often seems a long way from the glitz and glamor of the ...
Not every sport can be as simple and safe as chess, and these sports have the most dangers. When many people think of dangerous sports, the first ones that come to mind are football, hockey and any ...
Nearly one of every four NFL games are tighter than lockjaw in the final minutes. Many of those are decided by a placekicker who had lugged his helmet around the sideline for all except a few seconds, ...