The 5 Greatest Tour Championship Moments in Golf History A man hitting from inside a lake for $11 million. A wedge disappearing from 137 yards. And the single loudest walk in modern golf history. The five greatest Tour Championship moments ever.
Earl Campbell Has Exactly One Football Card — Here's Why Earl Campbell won Rookie of the Year in 1978, the MVP in 1979, and 3 straight rushing titles. He ran over defenders on Monday Night Football, carried the Luv Ya Blue Oilers to back-to-back AFC title games, and retired as one of the most feared runners the sport
When College Football Had a Preseason: The Lost Novelty of the August Classic For twenty years, college football played real games in August that felt like gifts — until the NCAA killed the loophole that made them possible. This is the story of the lost preseason classic.
On This Date: The $5,000 Hangover That Saved Babe Ruth's Career August 29, 1925: Babe Ruth strolls in late after a 2:30 a.m. night, and his 5-foot-6 manager fines him $5,000 — setting in motion the greatest recommitment story in baseball history.
The 5 Best Season Openers in College Football History Openers are supposed to be tune-ups — cupcakes, shakeout runs, 45-point spreads. These five were anything but: a 1-vs-2 collision, the greatest upset ever played, a walk-off in double overtime, and a tie that helped decide a national title.
5 Interim Coaches Who Won It All "Interim" is supposed to mean caretaker — keep the seat warm, don't break anything. These five kept the seat warm all the way to a championship. (And no, Pat Riley doesn't count — we'll explain.)
Top 5 Oddball Card Sets — And Why "Free With Purchase" Built the Whole Hobby Before cards were the product, they were the bribe — the thing that made you buy the cereal, the bread, the frozen drink, the cigarettes. These five oddball sets tell that story, and the last one IS the story.
On This Date: The Night the World Met Olga Korbut (Aug. 28, 1972) August 28, 1972. The Sporthalle in Munich. A 4-foot-11, 17-year-old from Grodno, Belarus — pigtails, red leotard — is about to turn women's gymnastics into a different sport in the span of one evening.
5 Training Camp Injuries That Changed Everything A meaningless August snap. A warm-up throw. A routine drill. Five moments from camps and preseasons that rewrote NFL history — twice for the better, three times for the worse. (Better and worse depending, of course, on which fanbase you ask.)
On This Date: Everyone Knew Rickey Was Going — And It Didn't Matter (Aug. 27, 1982) August 27, 1982. County Stadium, Milwaukee. The Oakland A's are 26 games under .500, and 40,000 Brewers fans have shown up anyway — because tonight, the only race that matters is between one man and a record.
5 Junk Wax Era Cards Actually Worth Something The junk wax era (roughly 1987–1993) printed more cardboard than the hobby could ever absorb — billions of cards worth less than the wax they came in. These five beat the flood. (Values are ballpark as of publish; this market moves.)
5 Dead Ball Era Ballparks Where We Wish We'd Caught a Game They were concrete-and-steel palaces with marble rotundas, uphill outfields, and fences built out of pure spite. All five are gone. Here's where we'd sit if the time machine ever gets fixed.
The 5 Best Uniforms in NFL History (And the Stories Sewn Into Them) Every great uniform is an accident, a dare, or a love letter. These five are all three — ranked, argued, and fully documented. Fight us in the comments.
The 5 Best Topps Traded Sets of All Time (Plus the Two Worst) From 1981 to 1991, Topps sold a little 132-card box set every fall that fixed everything the base set got wrong — rookies who debuted too late, stars traded mid-season. Some of those boxes became legendary. Two became landfill. Here's the definitive ranking.