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Sports Illustrated's Richest Athletes in America List is as Depressing as You'd Imagine

Drew Weisholtz — Wed, 15 May 2013 15:01:09 +0000

Sports Illustrated released its Fortunate 50 – a list of the 50 richest athletes in America, based on salary, winnings, bonuses and endorsements for the current or most recent season. It will ruin your day. This year’s rankings are topped by Floyd Mayweather, who’s bringing in a cool $90 million for a pair of bouts [...]

Girl Is a Record-Setting Swimmer, Even Though She Has No Legs and Only One Arm

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 09 May 2013 14:13:47 +0000

The next time you think you can’t do something, think about Kayla Wheeler. The 16-year-old girl from Lynwood, Massachusetts is a record-setting swimmer who just so happens to have no legs and only one arm. Kayla, who was born with a trio of congenital amputations, currently owns the Paralympic world record in the 50-meter butterfly [...]

10 Athletes Who Lived With Their Parents as Adults

Danny Groner — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:30:38 +0000

The next time someone gives you a hard time for living with your parents as an adult, you can point to these famous athletes who did the same thing for some period of time while they were playing or after they hung it up. Some athletes did it to save money, others weren’t sure about [...]

Do You Believe There Are Any Clean Athletes? — Sports Survey of the Day

BJ Ragone — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:46:45 +0000

The latest report of Major League Baseball players using performance-enhancing drugs lists some prominent players. It makes us wonder whether anyone is clean these days. Alex Rodriguez was one of the first names to come out when the report from the Miami clinic surfaced a week ago. Now more names are coming out, including Ryan [...]

Olympic Athlete Worked as an Escort and Who Cares Please Shut Up [OPINION]

Jackie Mancini — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 22:01:09 +0000

I was ready to hate on three-time Olympian Suzy Favor Hamilton about her recent admission of her work as a high class escort in Las Vegas, but only because she’s married, and that’s not cool. Then I found out that her husband knew about it — wait, really? Everyone shut up. Since her Olympic fame, [...]

10 Athletes Who Released Terrible Songs

Danny Groner — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:24:06 +0000

Tennis star Caroline Wozniacki released a pop song titled ‘Oxygen’ for charity that has amazed audiences with just how bad it is. The video, also, leaves much to be desired.