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Panathenaic Stadium: The Birthplace of Modern Olympics

May 18, 2018May 18, 2018 0 Comments Sports

(via Amusing Planet) The first modern Olympic Games was held in the summer of 1896 in the Panathenaic Stadium in

(via Wired) A wickedly fast fastball isn’t the anomaly it once was. A decade ago, Major League pitchers threw a

(via Mental Floss) With the Major League Baseball season getting underway, here’s the breakdown of how the league’s 30 teams

(via SB Nation) Before the National League and the American League came together to form the MLB, baseball had some

(via Mental Floss) On February 22, 1980, a hockey team comprised of American college players defeated a dominant Soviet Union

(via Atlas Obscura) In sumo, the heavier competitor has an advantage—there are no separate weight classes, and the small ring

(via Vox) With every Olympic Games come tales of athletes’ favorite junk foods: the ice cream, Chinese food, and burgers they

(via Vox) Winter Olympic ice sports are possible due to this one fact: Ice is slippery. The low friction of ice

(via Mental Floss) Watch the Olympics and you might notice a number of medalists gnawing on their gold or silver

(via The Ringer) A white tiger named Soohorang is the official mascot of the 2018 Winter Olympic games and the

(via Great Big Story) The 3-pointer is THE shot in today’s NBA, but that wasn’t always the case. In fact,

(via Mental Floss) Based on the true story of Daniel “Rudy” Ruettiger’s drive to play college football for Notre Dame, the