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Sparring at the Underground Boxing Gym.

Inside Brooklyn's 'Soviet Style' Underground Boxing Gym

It's a bit off the beaten path.

Sean Nam January 12, 2017

Tallahassee, Florida

Sod Cemetery

An unusual college football tradition involves burying pieces of sod from competitors' turf, replete with tiny coffins and headstones.

An elegant pose of a 18th-century French skater.

The Ice-Skating Dandies of 18th-Century Paris

The frozen fields were home to tight pants and graceful, showy moves.

Lauren Young January 3, 2017

Michael Bisping and Denis Kang staring each other down at UFC 105 weigh-ins.

Why Fighters Stare at Each Other So Intensely at the Pre-Bout Weigh-In

The art of defeating your enemy with your eyes.

Adam Rosen December 29, 2016

Sweden Has Won The Annual Santa Olympics

This year's events included present-wrapping, tree-decorating, lasso-throwing, and a dance-off.

Cara Giaimo December 12, 2016

Ed Lewis applying his signature move, the headlock, on Ivan Linow in 1920. Lewis went on to be defeated by newcomer Wayne Munn in 1925.

The 1925 Match That Ensured Pro Wrestling's Future Would Be Fixed

Meet Wayne Munn.

Paul DeBenedetto December 1, 2016

Permanently Closed

A clink of the axes to start the match.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Urban Axes

The first American axe throwing club.

Pehlivans at the Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Festival.

Avarız Köyü, Turkey

Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Festival

Brawny guys rolling around in oil is the oldest regular sporting event besides the Olympics.

Birthplace of Baseball Monument

Hoboken, New Jersey

Birthplace of Baseball Monument

A bronze plaque at an intersection in Hoboken marks the place where the game of baseball first took shape.

Paramotor pilot taking off from an airfield in Downey, Idaho.

Inside the Strange Sport of Paramotoring, in Which Competitors Risk Life and Limb to Fly

Hanging out along the Icarus Trophy trail.

Andrew Egan November 1, 2016

Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs.

The Strange Story of Why Belize is Full of Chicago Cubs Fans

Thanks to pirated TV in the '80s, the tiny nation is now in the grips of World Series fever.

Adam Rosen October 26, 2016

Watch These Men Perform Acrobatic Flips over Bulls

A true leap of faith.

Mariana Zapata October 13, 2016

Mountains outside the town of Narvik, Bågenholm's favorite ski spot.

31 days of halloween

The Woman Who Survived the Lowest Body Temperature Ever

How a Swedish skier was basically frozen—but lived.

Cara Giaimo October 10, 2016

Madison Square Garden during the six-day bike race, c. 1900.

America’s Short, Violent Love Affair With Indoor Track Cycling

A fun Friday night once meant going to the velodrome to watch cyclists collide.

Nathalie Lagerfeld September 27, 2016

The Rocky Statue in front of the Philadelphia Art Museum

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Rocky Statue

A police vs. firemen pushball game at the 1939 New York World's Fair.

The Best Sport Of The Early 1900s Involved Pushing Around An Elephant-Sized Ball

Invented by a football-hating electrical engineer, eventually, horses got involved.

Cara Giaimo September 26, 2016

New York, New York

Rucker Park

The legendary court where emerging basketball players gain their street cred.

The New York Cosmos Are American Soccer’s Past. Are They Its Future?

A team that was once the most glamorous in the world is making its comeback.

Erik Shilling September 13, 2016