Batty, Oddball Sports
We span the globe to give you the best in the wide world of weird sports.
World Series Mug Shots
Some of baseball's biggest stars, players who have competed for the sport's ultimate prize, have also stood for a mug shot photo. Buck Wolf's Weird News central on America Online looks at the travails of Dave Stewart, Manny Ramirez, Luis Polonia, Dontrelle Willis, Darryl Strawberry, Deion Sanders, Kenny Rogers, Kirby Puckett, Kirby Puckett, Brett Myers, Jim Leyritz, Tony LaRussa, Dwight Gooden, …
Some of baseball's biggest stars, players who have competed for the sport's ultimate prize, have also stood for a mug shot photo. Buck Wolf's Weird News central on America Online looks at the travails of Dave Stewart, Manny Ramirez, Luis Polonia, Dontrelle Willis, Darryl Strawberry, Deion Sanders, Kenny Rogers, Kirby Puckett, Kirby Puckett, Brett Myers, Jim Leyritz, Tony LaRussa, Dwight Gooden, …
Heroes to Zeroes: Baseball's World Series Mug Shot Hall of Shame
No one knows how easy it can be to go from hero to zero than a professional athlete. Some of baseball's greatest moments have come in the World Series... yet some of the very people who have played on that grand stage have also known a different kind of fame: notoriety. See the mug shots of World Series athletes who've also been on the wrong side of a police camera.
No one knows how easy it can be to go from hero to zero than a professional athlete. Some of baseball's greatest moments have come in the World Series... yet some of the very people who have played on that grand stage have also known a different kind of fame: notoriety. See the mug shots of World Series athletes who've also been on the wrong side of a police camera.
What's So Weird About Babe Ruth?
Does Babe Ruth belong in the Weird Hall of Fame? Get the facts here on everything from the called shot to his sex life... and decide for yourself!
Does Babe Ruth belong in the Weird Hall of Fame? Get the facts here on everything from the called shot to his sex life... and decide for yourself!
What's So Weird About the New York Yankees?
What's so weird about the New York Yankees? Get 25 guys together, and you're bound to have a few oddballs. Check out these odd facts about baseball's most storied team.
What's so weird about the New York Yankees? Get 25 guys together, and you're bound to have a few oddballs. Check out these odd facts about baseball's most storied team.
Olympic Athletes Go Nude
Every Olympic star has to worry about overexposure. But this year, three of Britain's athletes are taking it to a whole new level.
Every Olympic star has to worry about overexposure. But this year, three of Britain's athletes are taking it to a whole new level.
Weird Olympic News
The 2008 Summer Games throws a spotlight on China. With Beijing going to outrageous lengths to play host to the world, not everything has gone exactly as planned. And, of course, at any gathering of 192 countries, anything can happen.
The 2008 Summer Games throws a spotlight on China. With Beijing going to outrageous lengths to play host to the world, not everything has gone exactly as planned. And, of course, at any gathering of 192 countries, anything can happen.
Weirdest Stories of 2007: Mascot-on-Mascot Violence
In one of the weirdest stories of 2007, the University of Oregon Duck beat up the University of Houston's Cougar, and earned a one-game suspension.
In one of the weirdest stories of 2007, the University of Oregon Duck beat up the University of Houston's Cougar, and earned a one-game suspension.
Outhouse Racing
There's no trouble finding the restrooms for spectators of this sport. And why should you be a spectator? Well, when you've got to go, you've got to go.
There's no trouble finding the restrooms for spectators of this sport. And why should you be a spectator? Well, when you've got to go, you've got to go.
World Beard and Moustache Championships
A sport that gives new meaning to winning by a hair.
A sport that gives new meaning to winning by a hair.
World Pooh Sticks Championship
As the competitors of this sport will tell you, you've never truly been beaten, until you've been beaten with a pooh stick.
As the competitors of this sport will tell you, you've never truly been beaten, until you've been beaten with a pooh stick.
World Marbles Championship
How can you call this a kid game if the championship is held in a bar?
How can you call this a kid game if the championship is held in a bar?
Deadspin: Weird Sports
From the people who brought you Gawker, a strange look at obscure sporting.
From the people who brought you Gawker, a strange look at obscure sporting.
World Kickball Association
A proud organization spreading the joys of a game many kids never outgrew.
A proud organization spreading the joys of a game many kids never outgrew.
Chessboxing
Combine the brutality of boxing with the geeky-ness of chess and you have what advocates call, "The thinking man's contact sport."
Combine the brutality of boxing with the geeky-ness of chess and you have what advocates call, "The thinking man's contact sport."