Fun Facts

Athletes for pro-sports teams make some of the highest wages out there due to the massive amounts of money that are poured into sports. Many of this funding comes from media companies who sponsor athletes in multi-million dollar deals. However, just because an athlete retires doesn’t mean that his bank account dries up. This isn't the case for the more business-savvy ones at le...

Mascots are part of what makes watching sports so fun. Kids and adults alike love their favorite sports team’s mascot. They bring happiness to thousands of fans by handing out t-shirts, doing silly dances, and playing pranks on the opposing team to embarrass them. Every mascot is weird, but there are some that are especially strange. Here is a list of the weirdest mascots in co...

You can never be sure what the opponents will experience when they get a chance at a free throw from the foul line in Arizona State’s arena. Once the black curtain that is placed just behind the visiting team’s hoop opens for the second half of the game, anything could be behind it from a unicorn dance party to a guy dressed in a Nightmare Before Christmas outfit. Throughout th...

The NBA Trade Market is more than the act of trading one player for another; there are a lot of factors that go into the decision, especially for teams giving up a veteran player or someone of great value. Before anyone can guess which players will get exchanged for others, you must know what goes into the decision making process in order to understand the decisions made by the...

Major League Soccer’s Re-Entry Draft is a bit of an oddity. There are a bunch of rules that govern it, and not all players available can enter the draft. The process can be quite confusing to those who are new to it. However, understanding how it works is key to knowing which players will be playing in the Major Leagues. Let’s take a look at exactly how the Major League Soccer ...

This year’s games for the Men's League Soccer have already kicked off. Although the MLS has a reputation for being the league that pro-soccer players retire into, its teams are gaining an increasing amount of fresh young members. Here are the top seven up and coming players that you should keep your eye on for this year's MLS season.  Harry Shipp: Chicago Fire You ma...

At the end of the day, the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup was determined just like every other soccer competition: with two of the best teams going head to head on the field. In the end, it was the United States that brought home the trophy, for only the third time in history against Japan. As this year’s Women’s FIFA media coverage wraps up, let's take a look at the most memorabl...

Everybody knows something about the World Cup. For instance, you may already know that Germany is the best penalty shootout team ever to play in the World Cup, as they’ve won four out of four wins. However, there are some world cup facts that you are probably not aware of. Here are seven surprising things that you may not know about World Cup Soccer.  1. More People ...

The 2015 World Series took place on Tuesday night in Kansas City at the Kauffman Stadium. The Royals hosted the Mets for the first two games before the series moved over to New York for Game Three to Five. After that, Game Six and Seven would have shifted back to Kansas City. The Royals and the Mets both came out on top of their division this past season. The World Series went ...

Casinos pull psychological tricks on their patrons left and right. Everything right down to their architectural design has a carefully thought out plan created to keep players inside the casino's doors and spending their hard earned money. Some of the methodologies they use are incredibly obvious while others are quite subtle. However, every single trick they pull out of their ...