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Twitter’s Data From #Sochi2014 Is Really Interesting
The closing ceremony in Sochi was this past Sunday, but the news is still rolling in on the Winter Olympics. On its blog this week, Twitter unveiled some pretty cool data on the Games revolving around...
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Russia Gifted Its Olympic Medal Winners $200k And A Mercedes
From Russia with love, eh? To the victor(s) go the spoils, eh? (Insert your own cheesy cliche here), eh? Fresh off of it’s overall medal count victory from the Winter Olympics, Russia is saying thank...
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VIDEO: 11 Hurt In Ringling Bros. Circus Stunt Accident
(Photo via Twitter) Eight performers fell anywhere between 25 and 40 feet, landing on top of a dancer below when a metal contraption they were hanging from malfunctioned during a Ringling Bros. and...
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Rory McIlroy Calls Off Wedding With Caroline Wozniacki (After Sending Out the...
Just days after sending out the invites for their wedding, PGA star Rory McIlroy decided that he’s not quite ready to be a married man and broke off his engagement with women’s tennis star Corline...
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Floyd Mayweather, T.I. Reportedly In Chair-Tossing Brawl in Vegas
TMZ is reporting that a massive brawl broke out at a Fatburger on the Vegas strip after rapper T.I. took a swing at boxer/promoter/businessman/actor Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr. on Saturday night....
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Goldman Sachs Tabs Brazil As the Heavy World Cup Favorites at Home
Since the 1998 World Cup Finals hosted by France, Goldman Sachs, that huge mega multinational investment banking firm, has used its statistical analysis skills—probably the same statistical analysis...
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Brazil’s São Paulo Stadium Won’t Be Completed Until After The World Cup
With just a week to go until the official start of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the stadium that will host the first match of the tournament between host nation Brazil and Croatia is yet to be finished....
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Stadium Anthem Legend Gary Glitter Charged With 8 Sex Offenses in London
Well this explains a lot. Former pop star Paul Gadd, who’s more commonly referred to by his stage name Gary Glitter, is undoubtedly best known for his 1972 mega hit song/stadium rock anthem “Rock &...
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California Chrome Owner Steve Coburn Went On A Post-Race Rant After the...
For the 13th time since Affirmed completed horse racing’s triple crown in 1978, a horse coming into the Belmont Stakes having won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness failed to close the deal. California...
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Meet the International Quidditch Association
In less than a decade, real-life Quidditch—a sport inspired by the Harry Potter book series—has grown from an intramural sport at a small Massachusetts college to an international competition with...
View ArticleHere’s What Arena Amazonia Pitch Looks Like Ahead Of It’s World Cup Debut
We already know about how the stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, which will host the opening match of the Tournament tomorrow, won’t be completely finished until after the World Cup. Now we’re getting a...
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Vatican Has No Plans To Host Papal World Cup Viewing Party
Sad trombone. In what is literally a once-in-several-hundred-lifetimes opportunity, the Vatican has thrown cold water on any plans to host a papal viewing party for the 2014 World Cup Final in Brazil....
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Messi and McNabb Sitting In A Tree. P-U-K-I-N-G.
Besides the glaringly obvious difference, Lionel Messi and Donovan McNabb appear to actually have quite a lot in common. They both play(ed) football (albeit footballs of different varieties), they both...
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Watch a Rory McIlroy Tee Shot Land In A Spectator’s Pocket
This is something you don’t see, well, ever? During his third round on Friday at the TOUR Championship at East Lake Golf Course in Atlanta, Rory McIlroy lined his tee shot up on the par-4 14th hole,...
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Browns Coach And CB West Alum Mike Pettine Jr. Made A Brief Statement On...
Philadelphia Inquire sports columnist Mike Sielski just tweeted out some interesting nuggets of information. According to Sielski, a Philly-native whose been on top of the events and information coming...
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Euro 2016 Qualifier In Italy Halted After Flares Fly Onto Pitch
This is pretty insane. San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy was the host for a 2016 European Championship (Euro 2016) qualifier between Italy and Croatia on Sunday, but the match had to be halted for...
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In Some Markets, Frozen Is Crushing NBA, NHL Ticket Prices
Sports may be the greatest reality television around, but when it comes to competing with a visiting Disney ice show, they apparently can’t compete. Take the New Jersey Devils, for example. The Garden...
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Protesters Plan To Lay In The Middle Of Broad and Pattison After The...
As some 70,000 people make their way out of Lincoln Financial Field on Sunday evening in South Philly, another group of people (presumably, not nearly as large) are hoping to make that crowd’s exit a...
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Disappointing News Items Of The Day: Mickey Rourke’s Opponent Was Paid To...
It was a pretty terrible day to be a casual fan of boxing/MMA, or life in general really, if I do say so myself. “Why?” you ask. Because everything we thought to be real in the world turned out to be...
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Jeff Gordon Destroyed Some Random Fan In A Tricycle Race At Last Night’s...
Don’t over think the headline or even try to comprehend it for that matter. Just read it. Appreciate it. And let the rest happen. All you need to know is that four-time NASCAR Winston Nextel Sprint Cup...
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