Cracked Archive - Sports
30 Weird Facts From the Weird World of Sports
We can’t be the only ones hoping tug-of-war makes a comeback at the 2024 Olympics, right?
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29 Athletes Who Absolutely Hated the Rules
Some got busted, others got away with it
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- By Cracked Writers, Brian C. Miller
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5 Stupidly Corrupt Moments From the History of Sports Betting
What happens when both teams want to lose?
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- By Ryan Menezes
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4 Sports Cheating Scandals Straight Out of a Heist Movie
Here’s the plan: We take drugs and get really, really strong
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- By Eli Yudin
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5 Sports Rules Designed for the Unlikeliest of Circumstances
Ah yes, it’s the Ken rule. We made that because of Ken
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- By Ryan Menezes
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12 of the Hardest Athletic Feats to Pull Off, According to Science and Statistics
It’s surprisingly hard to simply hit a baseball.
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- By Andrea Meno, Andres Diplotti
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The Scummiest Cheating Scandal in the History of Sports
There’s cheating, and there’s being as awful as humanity gets — something the 2000 Paralympics Spanish basketball team established a new low point for
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- By Mike Rampton
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12 Bizarre And 100% Factually Incorrect Beliefs Spread By Pro Athletes
According to William Hayes, mermaids are real but dinosaurs aren't.
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- By Andrea Meno, JhallComics
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4 Times Sports Was Absolutely Not A Team Effort
Sure, they ‘had your back’ but I feel like scoring double the points of the rest of your team helped too.
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- By Eli Yudin
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5 Disastrous Stadium Promotions That Should Have Known Better
The National Guard should be alerted any time beer is 10 cents
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- By Eli Yudin
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5 Sports So Bloody, They Were Made Illegal
Tie a drunk bird to a mad bull. What could go wrong?
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- By Ryan Menezes
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12 Innovations in Sports That Everyone Said Would Ruin the Game
Back in the day, they thought slam dunks didn’t belong in basketball.
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- By Andres Diplotti, Andrea Meno
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Jimmy O’Brien on Making Funny Sports Videos, Not Being a Talk-Radio Blowhard and Why He’s a Proud Mama’s Boy
The man behind Jomboy Media’s viral YouTube videos looks ahead to a new baseball season while reflecting on ‘The Slap’ and his disinterest in generating hot takes
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- By Tim Grierson
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3 Athletes Who Were Famous for Drinking A Hundred Beers in A Single Sitting
Andre the Giant had a giant appetite for brewskis
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- By Eli Yudin
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When Pro-Wrestling’s Dirtiest Trick Came to Soccer
To stave off certain defeat against Brazil in a World Cup qualifying match, Chile’s goaltender decided to make things a little bloody
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- By Mike Rampton
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