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Champ de Mars Racecourse

Port Louis, Mauritius

Champ de Mars

Dating back to 1812, this is the oldest racecourse in the Southern Hemisphere.

Watch These Guys Climb 80-Foot Poles in Just 13 Seconds

Sprinting up a vertical surface: challenging, but possible.

Tao Tao Holmes May 19, 2016

Lumberjack Contests are the Coolest College Extracurricular

How a campfire competition between 19th-century loggers became a professional sport.

Lauren Young May 18, 2016

Watch a Fast and Furious Bout of Competitive Tree Felling

Tao Tao Holmes May 17, 2016

Stairs, tilework

Bisbee, Arizona

Bisbee Stairs

Stairs often replace streets on the steep slopes of this old mining town.

For Sale: A Giant Piece of Cereal, Signed By Wrestlers

From one of the more insane stunts in wrestling history.

Eric Grundhauser May 6, 2016

military history

The Story Behind the Incredible Obstacle Course Video That Went Viral

It turns out that military competitions are especially nuts.

Dan Nosowitz May 5, 2016

The Fascinating Local Color from Illegal NBA Playoff Streams

It's not legal, advisable or convenient, but you can learn a lot about a place from its halftime shows.

Dan Nosowitz April 28, 2016

The Complaints the FCC Got Because of Super Bowl 50

Lots of Beyoncé hate.

JPat Brown April 27, 2016

Bubble Runner Again Picked Up By Coast Guard, Which Is Tired of This

The aspiring ocean ultramarathoner was trying to reach Bermuda.

Cara Giaimo April 26, 2016

The Billiken is Much More Than the Strangest College Mascot

The history of The God of Things As They Ought to Be, from tchotchke to college sports oddity.

Eric Grundhauser April 26, 2016

Watch One Man Walk 1,630 Feet Across the Utah Sky

Théo Sanson is quite the slackliner.

Tao Tao Holmes April 25, 2016

Sold: Some of the Original 'Laws of Base Ball,' For Over $3 Million

The third most-expensive piece of baseball memorabilia ever.

Eric Grundhauser April 25, 2016

Murals to sportsmanship fade on the walls of Amman's Sports City

Sports City

This sprawling, formerly elite sporting complex in Amman, Jordan has become a local picnic spot.

Permanently frozen in time atop the world

Tijuana, Mexico

El Foro Antiguo Palacio Jai Alai

Tijuana's legendary jai alai or "basque ball" palace is now a massive music venue.

The Wet and Wild World of Underwater Sports

Sure, rugby is fun on land, but why not play it at the bottom of a swimming pool?

Tao Tao Holmes April 1, 2016

The Yale Whale (but technically, Ingalls Rink)

New Haven, Connecticut

Ingalls Rink

It looks like a whale, it's part of Yale, and it's best-known by a nickname you can probably work out for yourself.

The Surprising Resurgence of Side Saddle

Perhaps thanks to costume dramas, the modesty-minded side saddle has come back into style.

Ella Morton March 9, 2016