Jigoro Kano, the man credited with creating judo, despite being the first and possibly greatest practitioner of a martial art that basically consists of trying to fuse a opponent’s collarbone with the pavement, was only 5ft 2 and weighed just over 90 pounds. Bear that in mind. ADVERTISEMENT Kano got the idea for judo while [...]

On February 23, 2013, The Ultimate Fighting Championship made history, with a Pay-Per-View headlined by the first UFC women’s fight in history. Accordingly, this event received widespread coverage from not just niche fighting websites, but also from mainstream newspapers such as USA Today, due to the historic advance for women that the event represents. Here are [...]

Worldwide famous athletes have a long history of posing nude or partially clothed for men’s magazines such as Playboy. Katarina Witt, one of the greatest Olympic figure skaters, was the first female athlete to pose naked for Playboy. The December 1998 issue featuring her nude photographs was the second ever sold-out issue of the magazine. [...]