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Rollerball

Promoters were Very Interested in Buying the Rights to the Film Rollerball After Its Successful Showing in 1975. The Director, Norman Jewison was Outraged as the Film was to Show the Sickness and Insanity of Contact Sports.

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Rollerball is a 1975 sports film that was written by William Harrison, and directed and produced by Norman Jewison. The film stars Jane Caan, John Houseman, Maud Adams, John Beck, Moses Gunn, and Ralph Richardson. But did you know that the film was such a success that promoters wanted to buy the rights to the […]

Promoters were Very Interested in Buying the Rights to the Film Rollerball After Its Successful Showing in 1975. The Director, Norman Jewison was Outraged as the Film was to Show the Sickness and Insanity of Contact Sports. Read More »

Enforcers

An Enforcer is an Unofficial Role in Ice Hockey. Their Job is to Deter Dirty and Violent Plays by the Opposition with More Violence.

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Ice hockey is believed to have evolved from simple stick and ball games that were played in the 18th century. It is one of the sports featured in the Winter Olympics and is governed by the International Ice Hockey Federation. While there are many roles in the game, did you know that enforcers are not

An Enforcer is an Unofficial Role in Ice Hockey. Their Job is to Deter Dirty and Violent Plays by the Opposition with More Violence. Read More »

Nike Alphafly

Nike Created the Alphaflys That Were So Advanced That They were Banned from the Tokyo Olympics because They Were Considered Technological Doping.

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Nike, Inc. is an American multinational corporation that designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells footwear, clothes, equipment, accessories, and services worldwide. It is the world’s largest provider of athletic shoes and apparel and a major manufacturer of sports equipment, with the fiscal year 2020 revenue of more than US$37.4 billion. But did you know that

Nike Created the Alphaflys That Were So Advanced That They were Banned from the Tokyo Olympics because They Were Considered Technological Doping. Read More »

Thunderstorm Cloud Survivor

William Rankin is One of Two People to Have Ever Survived Falling Through a Thunderstorm Cloud. He Fell for Almost 40 Minutes, Suffered Serious Injuries, Including Frosbite.

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Skydiving, also known as parachuting, is a parachute’s recreational or competitive use to slow a diver’s descent to the ground after jumping from an airplane or other high place. But did you know about the Marine who survived a 40-Minute fall?  William Rankin was one of only two people in history who survived falling through

William Rankin is One of Two People to Have Ever Survived Falling Through a Thunderstorm Cloud. He Fell for Almost 40 Minutes, Suffered Serious Injuries, Including Frosbite. Read More »

Folkracing

Folkracing is a Form of Entry-Level Rallycross Racing that Started in Finland. It was Mainly Designed to Run Across Gravel Tracks to Limit the Speed to 80 km/h.

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Rallycross racing is a form of sprint-style car racing held on a closed circuit space. This type of racing is especially popular in Nordic countries. But did you know about folkracing? Folk Racing is a style of rallycross racing with its roots in Finland. To ensure that nobody gains an unfair advantage by spending more

Folkracing is a Form of Entry-Level Rallycross Racing that Started in Finland. It was Mainly Designed to Run Across Gravel Tracks to Limit the Speed to 80 km/h. Read More »

Football

Due to the Rise Deaths Connected with American Football, Colleges in California Switched to Rugby

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There is no other sport in the United States that generates as much interest during regular-season games and as much regret when it is no longer played. From September through February, America lives, breathes, and eats football. The sport is played at a high level anywhere during the weekend, from NFL Sunday to College Football

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sheep fighting in algeria

How is Sheep Fighting Done in Algeria?

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Algeria has battled lawlessly over the years the economic struggles of their country like suppression of the state, lack of jobs for the people, and tension on borders. Having strict marshals that supervise the country, young men found a scapegoat through sheep fighting. What was it? And how was this done? Sheep fighting is not

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Why Did A Man From Montana Sue MTV’s Jackass?

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Jackass, MTV’s reality comedy series, came out in October 2000. While the show may not be appealing to most people, they did have a large fan base composed of kids as young as 12 and adults in their mid-30s. After several episodes, multiple feature films, and millions of dollars earned. The franchise was a roaring

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While the winners of the 1971 Cannonball Run – a street race across the USA – were driving a Ferrari Daytona, the 2nd place finishers had a Chevy van fitted with a 248-gallon auxiliary tank to minimize the refuel count. The van took only 53 minutes longer than the Ferrari to finish the race in.

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Happy 40th, Cannonball Run It’s been four decades since the original Cannonball Run. Tom Stewart tells the tale of the original wacky race… Image not available If ever there was an event that offered competitors significantly more in the way of penalties than prizes then the coast-to-coast Cannonball run of the 1970s was it. Conceived

While the winners of the 1971 Cannonball Run – a street race across the USA – were driving a Ferrari Daytona, the 2nd place finishers had a Chevy van fitted with a 248-gallon auxiliary tank to minimize the refuel count. The van took only 53 minutes longer than the Ferrari to finish the race in. Read More »

A man named Göran Kropp from Sweden rode his bicycle to Nepal, climbed Mount Everest alone without Sherpas or bottled oxygen, then cycled back to Sweden again.

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Göran Kropp Lars Olof Göran Kropp (11 December 1966 – 30 September 2002) was a Swedish adventurer and mountaineer. He made a solo ascent of Mount Everest without bottled oxygen or Sherpa support in May 1996, for which he travelled by bicycle, alone, from Sweden and part-way back. Early life In 1972 Kropp’s father took

A man named Göran Kropp from Sweden rode his bicycle to Nepal, climbed Mount Everest alone without Sherpas or bottled oxygen, then cycled back to Sweden again. Read More »

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