Eleonora Sears, A Pioneer In Basically All The Sports

Today in 1881, Eleonora Sears was born in Boston. She would go on to be one of the most versatile and accomplished athletes of the early 20th century, excelling in dozens of sports, from tennis and squash to boxing and auto racing.

By |2024-12-02T10:39:48-05:00September 28, 2021|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

Trischa Zorn, The Swimming Great With 55 Paralympic Medals

The benchmark for Paralympic gold: 55 medals by a single athlete, swimmer Trischa Zorn.

When Countries Stayed Out Of The Olympics, They Held Their Own Olympic-Style Games

Several times the Games have been canceled, and at other times, boycotts have led some countries to hold their own alternative competitions.

Germany Schaefer, The Baseball Player Who Stole First Base

Today in 1911, a very strange thing happened in a baseball game: a guy on second base ran backwards and stole first base, the base he'd just been on. Here's his very unusual story.

By |2024-12-02T09:44:55-05:00August 4, 2021|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

“Eric The Eel” Won An Olympic Heat With The Slowest Time In The Field

Sometimes the Olympic athletes who don’t win are the ones who make big impressions. Eric Moussambani was a hit at the 2000 Summer Games despite finishing well behind the rest of the competitors in his event.

By |2024-12-02T08:47:35-05:00August 3, 2021|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

Women Couldn’t Compete In The Ancient Olympics, So They Held The Heraean Games Instead

In ancient Greece, the Olympics were for men only. But from what we can tell, women representing 16 city-states would come together every four years to weave a robe for Hera, the queen of the gods, and hold a footrace for single women.

Two Olympians Turned A Silver And A Bronze Into “Medals Of Friendship”

Whenever the Olympic Games take place we see athletes giving their all to win gold and glory - but we also see great examples of competitors who show character and kindness toward each other. Here’s the story of two of those athletes, who ended up winning the only half-silver, half-bronze medals in Olympic history.

By |2024-12-02T10:27:04-05:00July 27, 2021|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

The 1904 Men’s Marathon Was The Weirdest Olympic Race Ever

The men's marathon at the 1904 Olympics could have won a gold medal for biggest trainwreck in Summer Games history. Here's how dirt, dehydration, dogs and more helped make this as bizarre a run as they get.

By |2024-12-02T08:45:45-05:00July 26, 2021|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

Some Olympians Won Medals For Painting And Shooting Cannons

For better or for worse, the Summer Olympics are finally here. We thought it would be a good time to look back at some of the lesser-known events in the history of the Games, like painting and cannon shooting.

By |2024-12-02T08:44:32-05:00July 23, 2021|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

It’s The Birthday of “Steady” Ed Headrick, the “Father of Disc Golf”

It's the birthday of the guy who took two sports and fused them into one: Ed Headrick, known today as the Father of Disc Golf. Here's some of his story.

By |2024-12-02T11:00:28-05:00June 28, 2021|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , , |
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