quote [ Denise Mueller-Korenek is now the fastest pedaler on the planet. ]

quote [ Imagine it. I?m out there shooting bricks, yelling out Kobe, on a busted hoop in Cameroon. Seven years later, I was playing Kobe. ]

quote [ I came across this old program from October 1960 for a Texas Prison Rodeo? Prison Rodeo? Was this a thing? As it turns out, yes ? in fact, they were quite popular in the U.S., and some continue to this day. ]

quote [ The history of the United States cannot truly be told without acknowledging the impact of boxing on society. ]

quote [ Somewhere, right now, at a picnic or on a playing field, someone is pulling out a plate-sized plastic disc to toss around.

Paola Antonelli, Senior Curator of Architecture & Design at the Museum of Modern Art, tells us about how the Frisbee came about and how it has endured. ]

quote [ Not to rag on the World Cup or anything, but why run after a football when you can just drive towards it on a motorbike? Well that?s the spirit of Motor-ball, which is pretty much exactly what it sounds like. All you need to play is 1) a huge inflatable ball, 2) a bike of some kind, and 3) the need for speed? and maybe 4) a death wish. ]

quote [ The wait for the 2018 FIFA World Cup is very nearly at an end, the talking has pretty much stopped and we're only a few days away from the first match of this summer's highly-anticipated tournament. ]

quote [ The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League did everything it could to keep lesbians off the diamond. Seventy-five years later, its gay stars are finally opening up. ]

quote [ Wrestling is a sport that you either know a lot about, or you know nothing. But even if you know nothing, you should still know about the Montreal Screwjob. ]

quote [ Pro MMA veteran Leslie Smith was supposed to fight on last weekend?s UFC Fight Night card, but her bout with Aspen Ladd was scrapped under strange circumstances. Ladd weighed in 1.8 pounds over the limit, claiming that ?certain female circumstances? kept her from being able to cut weight. Smith initially okayed the catchweight fight on the condition that the UFC extend her expiring contract, but the UFC instead paid Smith her show money and win bonus for the fight, thus ending her UFC career. ]