The Time A Golfer Won The US Open While Suffering From Dysentery

The 1934 US Open was a prestigious but kind of strange golf tournament. The guy who won it, Olin Dutra, was sick as a dog the whole time.

By |2024-12-10T07:55:43-05:00June 7, 2021|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , |

In The 1920s There Was A Footrace From Los Angeles To New York

On this day in 1928, the start of the Trans-America Foot Race, aka the "Bunion Derby," in which about 200 runners in Los Angeles set out to run all the way to New York City.

By |2024-12-08T17:28:40-05:00March 4, 2021|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

The Canadiens And Maple Leafs Had A Brawl, And A Hockey Game Broke Out

Today in 1953, two NHL teams racked up a then-record 204 penalty minutes, in a game that’s officially 60 minutes long. Hockey is a rough sport. Plus a guitarist in Japan can play blues riffs with a cheerful little parakeet on his hand!

By |2024-12-02T09:26:17-05:00December 9, 2020|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

Two Football Teams Merged And Became The “Steagles”

When World War II put many pro athletes into military service, pro sports leagues had to get creative. That's how on this day in 1943, two pro football teams that normally competed against each other joined forces.

By |2024-12-02T10:19:24-05:00October 2, 2020|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

The Swimming Champion Who Became A Real-Life Superhero

Armenian finswimming champion Shavarsh Karapetyan saved at least 20 passengers trapped in a trolleybus that had gone into a lake. Has anybody done a biopic about this guy yet?

By |2024-12-07T20:35:18-05:00September 16, 2020|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

Alice Coachman Raised The Bar For Team USA

We don’t have the Olympic Games right now, but we can still mark a big Olympic moment that happened on this day in 1948: the day Alice Coachman became the first Black woman to win Olympic gold.

Satchel Paige Was So Good He Could Still Get Batters Out In His Late 50s

Leroy "Satchel" Paige was a star for decades, and once pitched three scoreless innings in the major leagues at age 59.

By |2024-12-02T09:29:22-05:00July 7, 2020|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

You Know Mack Robinson’s Brother, Now Get To Know Mack Robinson

On this day in 1912, the birth of the greatest athlete you might never have heard of - Olympic silver medalist and community advocate Mack Robinson.

By |2024-12-07T21:25:38-05:00July 18, 2019|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |
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