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Football (or soccer, as it’s known in the States) is the world’s most beloved game. From back alley matches to the World Cup, most everybody’s kicked a ball at some point, and its fans are some of the most dedicated in the world. “Hooliganism” sometimes goes too far, though, and the ensuing antics can make [...]

Unbeknownst to most, it takes 3 years of qualifying to make the World Cup of soccer.  32 out of 209 nations that participate in the arduous journey make it to the month-long finals.  The hard work is worth it though, as the champions are etched in stone and glorified across the ages. The teams at the [...]

Football, or soccer to some, is probably the most popular sport in the world at and, as such, is able to generate a great amount of money. A large percentage of that money is invested in football players by the clubs. For most countries, the periods in which players can be bought and sold are [...]

Professional sports are a major form of entertainment around the world.  People love to follow their favorite teams and root for a championship.  The world of sports is an extremely lucrative business, and athletes are paid extremely high sums of money to perform.  This article will examine the top ten athletes in the world. It [...]

Any soccer fanatic knows that this sport has a way of rousing the emotions within us—either while talking about the sport, watching it on television, or most commonly, while playing it. Though this may be far truer for some of us than others, we’ve all experienced these feelings, ranging from elation to rage, or have [...]

The lights have gone out in South Africa and the trophy has gone back to Spain for the next four years. So while we all relive all the excitement that the world’s largest sporting event has to offer, we reflect on the players who made the World Cup the dramatic clash of nations it always [...]

In today’s ultra-competitive world of professional athletics, it’s extremely difficult to go pro. Still, there have been a number of physically gifted, insanely versatile athletes who’ve managed to make a name for themselves in multiple, often surprisingly different, competitions. In many cases, these “multi-sport” athletes have managed to rise to the top of the class [...]

Congratulations to our Bryan Johnson, 1st place winner in our Top 10 List Writing Contest. Let me paint a picture for you.  It is the biggest game of the year and it’s your team against theirs.  Which team will be more prepared, better coached, and mentally ready for the challenge ahead?  Whose team worked harder in [...]

Injuries in sports are nothing to laugh about. Normally. Sometimes, however, athletes just do something on or off the field that is so unusual, so hard to believe, that you can’t help but laugh. Here’s our picks for the 10 dumbest sports injuries of all time. 10. Sammy Sosa Sosa’s one of the top home [...]