For decades, Mount Rushmore was a large hill and tourist attraction in South Dakota. Then, fans and media turned it into the Mount Everest of sports, the most visited final four of all-time greatness.
The value of NFL teams and the wealth of their owners has shot through the stratosphere in the last two decades. It was just 20 years ago that you could still get an NFL team for a bargain basement ...
Being super rich will get you an NBA team, but it won't make you a good owner. There aren’t a lot of different ways you can end up owning an NBA team. There’s the most common way, which is inheriting ...
Owning a pro sports franchise doesn’t make you a good person. The most powerful men and women in sports aren’t the ones you see on the field of play. Look up in the owner’s box — that’s where the true ...
Not every sport played at the Olympics is meant for the mainstream, and some of them are downright weird. Let’s begin with one clarifying thought. When we say something is weird, it doesn’t mean it’s ...
Metrics have reset the bar for Cooperstown, and a few of those who fall short may surprise you. Remember when baseball was a simple game? Yeah, me, too. Then metrics reared its decimal point and ...
NBA franchises rise and fall based on the decisions they make on draft day. The greatest dynasties in NBA history have to start somewhere. That somewhere is always the NBA draft. Franchises rise and ...
Major League Baseball has no shortage of famous fans. And they love their baseball teams as much as we do. Celebrities are just like us. They are human after all. Although they’re a little higher ...
What makes a great high school basketball coach? Is it longevity? Overall wins? State championships? All across the U.S., high school basketball coaches have taken their own, individual paths to ...
They were good football players. But were they all-time greats who deserve a place in the NFL Hall of Fame? The Pro Football Hall of Fame requires four to eight candidates to be inducted each year.
Small towns have produced some of the most epic high school football stories of all time. There’s something special about growing up in a small town. The traditions. The bonds. The community. And, if ...
These high schools lead the way with alumni playing on Sundays. High school football has become more than local news. Networks like ESPN and Fox Sports devote time and money to produce high school ...