Cracked Archive - Sports
6 Pro Wrestlers Who Went Crazier Outside The Ring Than In It
These were reported by witnesses who may or may not be full of shit. All we can do is dutifully pass them along, as they are amazing.
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- By Masquerblade
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- 200
6 Insanely Tone-Deaf Ways The WWE Addressed Serious Issues
Vince McMahon apparently believes wrestling is the perfect medium through which to tackle complex societal issues, and here are six examples of him trying to do exactly that ... and failing spectacularly.
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- By Steve Hanley
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- 767
5 Reasons the NFL's Way More Evil Than You Thought Possible
This stuff is getting hard to ignore, you guys.
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- By Nathan Williams
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- 1519
The 6 Most Disastrous Gimmick Matches in Wrestling History
The history of wrestling is a never-ending list of increasingly ridiculous (and dangerous) gimmick matches.
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- By Michael Hossey
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- 335
The 5 Most Insane Ways Underdogs Won Olympic Medals
The Olympics have always been full of underdog stories, and consistently prove that you can overcome almost anything if you're determined, insane, or both.
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- By Evan V. Symon , Justin Crockett, Leo Castelli
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- 350
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5 Dumb Ways People Have Won at Sports
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- By Xavier Jackson
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- 403
The 5 Most Pathetic Abuses of Power in Sports History
Because professional sports have never shied from choosing money over dignity, it's entirely possible to grease your awkward slide into professional athletics with hundred dollar bills.
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- By Alex Hanton
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- 414
The 5 Ballsiest Ways Fans Have Affected The Outcome of Games
These fans, after paying good money to watch the sporting event, couldn't just sit down and enjoy the athletic showcase they came to see. They had to make it all about them.
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- By Patrick Thomas, Jamie Flexman
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- 412
The 5 Most Horrifying Sports Injuries of All Time
Clearly, these guys are really, truly insane.
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- By Erik Carrera, Samuel Flashner, Cam Kesel
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- 986
The 5 Most Insane Teams in the History of Sports
It turns out that every sport has an 'anything goes' period in its history when insanity was just par for the course.
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- By Evan V. Symon
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- 498
7 Bizarre Things That Science Says Make You a Better Athlete
When people think about how scientists can help them be better at sports, they're probably thinking about what cocktail of steroids they can take that won't show up on a urine test. The truth is actually way more legal.
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- By John Dubensky, Elorm Kojo Ntumy
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- 408
6 Recklessly Extreme Versions of Already Extreme Sports
To what deranged depths will man sink due to his need to be the best at something, even if it's completely pointless and insane, before he says, 'OK, that's enough'?
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- By Ann Z.
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- 342
5 Moments in Fake Professional Wrestling That Got Too Real
It turns out that when the performing wrestlers are both huge and insane, one accident can escalate play fighting into the real thing pretty quickly.
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- By David Dudhnath, Jason Iannone, Steve Hanley
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5 Insane True Tales of Wrestlers Refusing to Break Character
For most of the last century, wrestling fans believed every storyline and bit of pageantry as the God's honest truth, and if you made your living as a wrestler, it was your sworn duty to protect the illusion at all costs.
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- By Robin Warder
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- 703
5 Things They Don't Want You to Know About the Olympics
The Olympics are all about the love of sport, country and your fellow man. Maybe. Just don't look too closely behind the scenes.
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- By Eric Yosomono
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- 2013
VIRAL ON CRACKED
22 Dumb Ideas That Actually Worked
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- By AM Smiley
30 Random Facts to Penetrate Your Brain Fog
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- By Jesse