In 2008, some people in a message board spent an entire weekend fighting over how many days are in a week. This is their story.

The Dumbest Boy Alive

the 1904 Olympic marathon was a story of fraud, thievery, raw eggs, rat poison, food poisoning, liquor, feral dogs, and at least three separate incidents of near-death. it was the stupidest sporting event of all time.

Rat Poison and Brandy: The 1904 St. Louis Olympic Marathon

For more than a century, many of our greatest sports heroes were named Bob. It seemed as though that would never change. Why would it? Why did it? Where did they go?

The Bob Emergency

Even the greatest teams are only a handful of disastrous plays away from missing the playoffs entirely. We’ll prove it. In fact, the 2010 San Diego Chargers already did.

One of the all-time greatest NFL teams didn't even make the playoffs

It’s 2011. For Michael Jordan, the year ahead will be a very strange one. Once a player who could seemingly deliver championships through sheer force of will, the owner of the Charlotte Bobcats is finally developing the one skill he had always denied himself: patience. Nothing about that is easy, and nothing about the lovable, unforgettable 2011-2012 Bobcats will be easy. But as much as he despises losing, Mike has always seemed to love the struggle.

The People You're Paying to Be in Shorts

The Pittsburgh Steelers of the 1970s won four Super Bowls and fielded some of the greatest teams ever assembled. However, the most important game they ever played was not a Super Bowl, but a 1976 playoff matchup against the Baltimore Colts. Though they couldn’t possibly have known it in the moment, lives were on the line.