Cracked Archive - Sports
Someone Just Showed Up At Miss World One Year, Pretending To Be Miss Uzbekistan
Apparently, there's not really a "system" for checking who's supposed to be there.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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3 We Used To Have An Ice Rink Made Of Smelly Pig Fat
The world's first artificial rink didn't attract fans for long.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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The Longest Olympic Marathon Took 54 Years To Finish
Shizo Kanakuri ran the marathon in 1912. At least, he started in 1912 ...
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- By Ryan Menezes
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7 Ways The Olympics Ended Up Being Trash
The Olympics had to go and one-up us, providing even more hypocrisy and unfairness than we predicted.
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- By Chris Corlew
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Ancient Greeks Had The Most Brutal Olympic Combat Sport Imaginable
A dude won ... after he died.
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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The Surprising Origins Of Those Racist England Soccer Posts
Sports fans are trash worldwide.
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- By Nathan Williams
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Cockroach Upstages Olympic Field Hockey Match
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- By Carly Tennes
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Simone Biles To Withdrawing From Competition Critics : 'I Don't Think You Realize How Dangerous This Is'
Here's why the GOAT says her critics don't "realize how dangerous" her situation is.
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- By Carly Tennes
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NBA Coach Allegedly Punished Entire Team ... Because One Player Had An Android?
When it comes to the iPhone vs Android debate, it seems former Milwaukee Bucks head coach Jason Kidd doesn't kid(d) around.
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- By Carly Tennes
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It's Not Just Tokyo; Olympic Villages Are Usually Dumpster Fires
It seems as though in every Olympic cycle, there are reports of unsanitary conditions and general misery at the lodging of the elite athletes.
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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4 Serious Sports (That Sound Like They Were Invented As A Joke)
We're kind of bummed out we didn't invent these sports ourselves.
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- By Dan Fritschie
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5 Reasons The 2021 Olympics Are Shaping Up To Be Trash
The Olympics suck this year, but not for the usual reasons the Olympics suck.
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- By Chris Corlew
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Norwegian Women's Beach Handball Teams Fined For Forgoing 'Unnecessarily Sexualized' Bikini Bottoms
The Tokyo Olympics may be days away, but the Petty Olympics are in full swing.
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- By Carly Tennes
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How 'Take Me Out To The Ball Game' Is A Feminist Anthem
The real star at the old ball game.
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- By Zanandi Botes
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7 Times Sports Fans Were The Absolute Worst
Sports fans have a reputation for being rowdy, unruly maniacs. This is 100-percent fair.
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- By Chris Corlew
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