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Featured · Soccer Pele: The King Who Crowned Football Three World Cups, more than a thousand goals and a nickname that became a synonym for greatness. Read article

Soccer

Pele: The King Who Crowned Football

Three World Cups, more than a thousand goals and a nickname that became a synonym for greatness.

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Soccer

Diego Maradona: Genius, Rebel, Icon

The hand and the head, the dribble of the century, and a bond with Naples and Argentina like no other.

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Soccer

Lionel Messi: The Magician Who Rewrote the Records

From hormone treatment as a boy in Rosario to lifting the World Cup in Qatar.

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Soccer

Soccer's Greatest Goalscoring Records

The most goals in a year, in a match, in a career - the numbers behind the art of finishing.

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Soccer

The Maracanazo: The Silence That Shook Brazil

In 1950 around 200,000 fans filled the Maracana to see Brazil crowned. Uruguay had other plans.

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Soccer

How the World Cup Was Born

A French visionary, thirteen brave teams and a long boat ride to Uruguay.

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Soccer

Curious Facts About Soccer You Probably Didn't Know

Why the ball has 32 panels, the cards born from traffic lights, and football's strangest truths.

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Basketball

Michael Jordan: The Greatest of All Time

Six titles, the shrug, the flu game and the last shot - how Jordan became basketball's measuring stick.

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Basketball

Kobe Bryant: The Mamba Mentality

Eighty-one points, five rings and an obsession with greatness - the relentless genius of Kobe Bryant.

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Basketball

Chasing the NBA's All-Time Scoring Crown

From Kareem's sky hook to LeBron's longevity - the long race to become basketball's top scorer.

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Basketball

The Dream Team: The Greatest Team Ever Assembled

The 1992 Olympic squad of legends that conquered Barcelona and changed basketball forever.

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Basketball

The Night Wilt Chamberlain Scored 100

One player, one hundred points, and a box score that may never be matched again.

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Basketball

How Basketball Was Invented

Peach baskets, a cold gym and thirteen rules - how Dr. Naismith created a sport in 1891.

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Basketball

Curious Facts About Basketball

Why the ball is orange, the tallest and shortest players ever, and other hardwood oddities.

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Football

Tom Brady: From Sixth-Round Pick to GOAT

Seven Super Bowls and 199 players drafted before him - the unlikely rise of the greatest quarterback.

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Football

Jim Brown: The Unstoppable Force

A running back so dominant he led the league almost every year - and walked away at his peak.

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Football

The NFL's Greatest Records

Most touchdowns, most yards, longest streaks - the marks that define gridiron greatness.

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Football

The 1972 Dolphins: The Only Perfect Season

Seventeen games, seventeen wins - the one flawless season in NFL history.

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Football

How the Super Bowl Became America's Biggest Game

From a merger and a modest first title game to an unofficial national holiday.

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Football

The Ice Bowl: Football's Coldest Classic

Minus 13 degrees, a frozen field and a final-second plunge into legend.

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Football

Curious Facts About American Football

Why it's called a football, the story of the laces, and the game's quirkiest facts.

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Tennis

Roger Federer: Elegance Personified

Twenty majors and a game like calligraphy - the artistry of Roger Federer.

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Tennis

Serena Williams: The Queen of the Court

Twenty-three Grand Slam singles titles and a reign that redefined the sport.

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Tennis

Rafael Nadal: The King of Clay

Fourteen French Opens and a will of iron - the relentless warrior of the baseline.

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Tennis

The Greatest Records in Tennis

Most majors, longest reigns at number one, and the rare true Grand Slam.

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Tennis

The Longest Match in Tennis History

Eleven hours, five minutes and a final set of 70-68 - the Isner-Mahut marathon.

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Tennis

How Wimbledon and Modern Tennis Began

Lawns, whites and strawberries - the origins of the sport's oldest championship.

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Tennis

Curious Facts About Tennis

Why scoring goes 15-30-40, the quietest crowd in sport, and other tennis curiosities.

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Hockey

Wayne Gretzky: The Great One

Records that may never be broken and a vision no one else had on the ice.

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Hockey

Bobby Orr: The Defenseman Who Flew

He reinvented his position and scored a goal frozen forever in mid-air.

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Hockey

The NHL's Most Untouchable Records

894 goals, 2,857 points, 92 in a season - the numbers that defy belief.

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Hockey

The Miracle on Ice

A team of American college kids takes on the mighty Soviet machine in 1980.

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Hockey

The Stanley Cup: Sport's Oldest Trophy

The oldest trophy in North American sport and the stories engraved on its silver.

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Hockey

The Original Six Era

Six teams, one league and decades of rivalry that built modern hockey.

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Hockey

Curious Facts About Hockey

The frozen puck, the hat-trick tradition and other quirks of the coldest game.

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Baseball

Babe Ruth: The Sultan of Swat

The pitcher who became the greatest slugger and changed how baseball was played.

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Baseball

Hank Aaron: Grace Under Fire

715 home runs and the dignity to break a sacred record under enormous pressure.

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Baseball

Baseball's Most Hallowed Records

DiMaggio's 56-game streak, 511 wins, a .366 lifetime average - the untouchable numbers.

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Baseball

Jackie Robinson Breaks the Barrier

The day a rookie second baseman changed baseball - and America - forever.

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Baseball

How Baseball Became America's Pastime

From sandlots and myths to packed stadiums - the rise of the national game.

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Baseball

The Curse of the Bambino

Eighty-six years of heartbreak after one fateful trade - baseball's most famous curse.

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Baseball

Curious Facts About Baseball

The seventh-inning stretch, the mud rubbed on every ball, and other diamond oddities.

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MMA

The Rise of the UFC

From a no-rules spectacle in 1993 to the world's biggest mixed martial arts stage.

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MMA

Anderson Silva: The Spider

The longest title reign in UFC history and striking that looked like art.

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MMA

Khabib Nurmagomedov: The Eagle

Twenty-nine fights, zero defeats - the smothering dominance of an undefeated champion.

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MMA

Ronda Rousey and the Rise of Women's MMA

The judoka who forced the UFC to open its doors to women - and drew millions in.

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MMA

The UFC Record Book

Longest streaks, fastest finishes and most title defenses in the octagon.

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MMA

How the Rules of MMA Were Born

From style-versus-style chaos to the unified rules that made MMA a real sport.

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MMA

Curious Facts About MMA

The octagon's origin, the lightest and heaviest fighters, and other cage curiosities.

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