Cracked Archive - Sports

The 5 Most Terrifying Side Effects of Exercise

Running makes you soil yourself. That's all were saying.

Authors: By Ezekiel Buchheit
Published: May 02, 2011
Comments: 716

5 Ridiculous Sports You Won't Believe Were Olympic Events

In the Olympics as we know them today, new events have to go through a long process of careful consideration before inclusion in the esteemed games. Baseball and Softball have recently been cut, for example, while Rugby and golf have made inexplicable comebacks. We can't just have any random spastic game of Calvinball gaining entry into the pinnacl

Authors: By Evan V. Symon
Published: May 01, 2011
Comments: 356

The 6 Greatest Athletic Feats Ever (Aren't What You Think)

Here are six events everyone knows as the greatest in the history of sport, and the true stories that actually beat their pants off.

Authors: By Mike Cooney
Published: April 16, 2011
Comments: 684

5 Things That Are Apparently OK To Do in the Name of Sports

Unlike LARPing, sports give you a free pass to act ridiculous and buy all sorts of crazy crap.

Authors: By Christina H
Published: April 12, 2011
Comments: 1213

5 Golf Courses That Can Kill You

The only thing more boring than a game of golf is a steaming pot of brown whole grain rice, and even that is a close call. Over the past few years, we've learned there are two ways to make golf interesting: One involves lightsaber golf clubs and the other involves injecting some homicidal golf courses into the game. Since lightsaber technology is,

Authors: By Evan V. Symon
Published: March 31, 2011
Comments: 427

5 Bizarre Brain Hacks That Make You Better at Sports

Talent, hard work, desire -- they're all nice if you're trying to get to the top of your sport. But all other things being equal, there are a few other factors that give one side the edge.

Authors: By Kathy Benjamin
Published: March 22, 2011
Comments: 472

5 Reasons Riding a Bike Is The Most Humiliating Exercise

Little kids learn how to ride bikes before they learn how to tie their shoes -- which is way more dangerous than it sounds after reading this article.

Authors: By Christina H
Published: February 22, 2011
Comments: 788

The 9 Most Unintentionally Depressing Pro Wrestling Gimmicks

Any professional wrestler will tell you that the hardest part of the job is coming up with your gimmick. You need to be outrageous and distinctive without being ridiculous. It's a subtle art, one not easily mastered.

Authors: By James Tait
Published: December 12, 2010
Comments: 441

6 Reasons The NFL Is The Trashiest Reality Show on TV

While, most football fans consider the reality/soap world of shows like The Hills and celebrity gossip to be the gayest thing ever, deep down those worlds are a lot closer than you'd think.

Authors: By Christina H
Published: September 25, 2010
Comments: 534