Catching up with the man who caught 756 When he was at the bottom of a pile of bodies, suffocating, with unknown hands clawing at his face and clothes, his leg pinned against a stadium seat, and blood gushing from his nose and mouth, Matt Murphy was just hoping he wasn’t about to die over […]
Larry Bird Larry Joe Bird (born December 7, 1956) is an American former professional basketball player, former coach, and former executive who most recently served as President of Basketball Operations for the Indiana Pacers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed “The Hick from French Lick,” Bird has been described as one of the greatest
Boy gets bravery award for saving dad A seven-year-old boy who fought horrific injuries to save his father’s life by walking a kilometre to fetch help has received a NSW bravery award. Tyler Moon suffered two punctured lungs and seven broken ribs when the quad bike he and his father David were riding crashed near
The prison where murderers play for Manchester United 15 March, friendly Ward Two 1 – 1 Ward Seven A decade ago, Opio Moses was a lowly policeman out in the sticks of Eastern Uganda with a complicated love life. He had fallen for the wrong woman. One day, her uncle, who was politically connected, came
Did You Know: Penguin Prostitutes Wildlife experts witnessed the practice among the Adelie penguins of the Antarctic coast. Adelies build their nests from stones, which are therefore highly prized at breeding time in colonies. The young males who have not yet found a mate are doubtless sexually frustrated, collect piles of the best stones, with
What happened when a bike company started putting TVs on the sides of its delivery packages A cycling company that was seeing a high number of its bikes getting damaged during deliveries has seemingly solved the problem by making a simple change: printing a flatscreen television screen on the boxes. By masking its bikes as
So Wait, Who Actually Won All Those Tour De France Titles? In the summer of 2005, I stood on the Champs Élysées feverishly snapping pictures of Lance Armstrong as he ascended the podium erected in the middle of the famous avenue. The Texan had just secured his record seventh and final Tour de France title,
Usain Bolt “Usain” redirects here. For the organization with the acronym “USAIN”, see United States Agricultural Information Network. Usain St Leo Bolt OJ CD (/ˈjuːseɪn/[12]; born 21 August 1986) is a Jamaican retired sprinter. He also is a world record holder in the 100 metres, 200 metres and 4 × 100 metres relay. His reign
