Cracked Archive - Sports
15 Dark NFL Stories That We Forgot About
America's most popular sport has some skeletons behind the skeletons in its closet.
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- By Chris Corlew
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An NFL Player Died On The Field, And Everyone Went On Playing
Chuck Hughes is the only player to die during an NFL game.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Just A Few Of The Abhorrent Things Robert Sarver Did To Get Suspended From The NBA
Why did the NBA tell Robert Sarver to just go away a lil' bit?
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- By Chris Corlew
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15 Sports Franchises That Are More Like Bullies (And Why)
What's the jock version of 'Mean Girls?'
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- By Chris Corlew
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Some Maniac Taught A Chimp Martial Arts
'No way this could go wrong,' he said.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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The 15 Worst Sports Fandoms, Power Ranked For Terribleness
You can catch a ballgame in these cities, just maybe don't talk to anyone at the stadium.
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- By Chris Corlew
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5 Reasons The Los Angeles Lakers Will Suck This Season
Usually it's funny when the mighty have fallen, but we mostly feel sad.
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- By Chris Corlew
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15 Weirdo Stories Behind Sports Team Name Changes
Not ALL of these have to do with cleansing teams of racism against Indigenous People, but even one is still too many.
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- By Chris Corlew
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15 Villains Of The Steroid Era: Where Are They Now?
Performance-enhancing drugs were the biggest controversy in sports for years—so are all those people in sports prison now or what?
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- By Chris Corlew
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The NBA Player Who Saved Shark Populations
In his ads, Yao Ming pushed away shark soup. Everyone followed suit.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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15 Of The Greatest NFL Nicknames Of All Time
Imagine being responsible for stopping a man named "Refrigerator."
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- By Eli Yudin
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That Time A Billionaire Got Banned For Cheating At Charity Chess
He secretly sucked at chess, and the internet had the proof.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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4 Of The Pettiest Things Dan Snyder's Ever Done
Don't let the congressional investigation make you think he's not also just a run-of-the-mill dick.
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- By Eli Yudin
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The Browns Paid $230 Million For A Ticket On The Titanic
Usually when you sell your soul, you don't have to pay a quarter billion dollars on top of it.
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- By Eli Yudin
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Baseball Needs More Pitchers Who Are On Acid
Dock Ellis figured out how to fix this game decades ago.
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- By Eli Yudin
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