Americans go Down Under to learn what’s inside a Kookaburra cricket ball
A few years ago, Lincoln, then a second-grader, and his father, Dan Markham, ordered a cricket ball from Amazon to cut in half for [...]
Segway sports: hockey, football, golf, polo, supercross, biathlon and cricket on two wheels
Before the Segway PT (personal transporter) made its public debut in 2001, rumors were rampant about the nature of Dean Kamen's mysterious invention — [...]
Bradman is one bad man in Big Ant Studios’ Don Bradman Cricket video game
For those unfamiliar with Sir Donald George Bradman, one might describe the legendary Aussie as the Michael Jordan of cricket. Though really, it is [...]
No ifs, ands, or butts: Giving the derriere its due in baseball, basketball, football, hockey and more
Outside of Brazil's annual Miss Bumbum contest, and the occasional quixotic art film, derrieres are rarely mentioned in the mainstream press. This is true [...]
Heavily-tattooed Ben Stokes is English cricket’s biggest, brashest trash talker
For a sport that has long prided itself as a gentleman's game, spectated by gentlefolk, Ben Stokes salty language on the cricket pitch can [...]
Centuries before cricket or baseball were invented, India had gilli-danda
More than two millennia before the sports of cricket and baseball were codified, there was a similar game being played in India which later [...]
Sideline sports reporters learn the hard way that beanball hazard isn’t limited to players
A couple years ago, an Australian news reporter became news himself when he was struck in the head by a runaway skateboard. He joined [...]
Kings of Instagram: Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar, AB de Villiers tops in followers among cricketers
Sir Donald Bradman may have been the greatest batsman of all time, but his genius on the cricket pitch came eight decades too early [...]
World’s top ten largest sports stadiums by capacity topped by Rungrado May Day Stadium
Remarkably, eight of the world's top ten largest sports stadiums by capacity are college football venues in the United States. However, the biggest of [...]
From Deion Sanders to Sachin Tendulkar, sports stars pay tribute to Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali's popularity extended well beyond the confines of the boxing ring and fight fans. Arguably, the most popular athlete in history, his passing [...]
Virat Kohli is to cricket as Stephen Curry is to basketball
While sports fans in the United States have enjoyed following Stephen Curry's historic season for the Golden State Warriors, half a world away eyes [...]
Cricket fan Mitchell Schibeci transforms into Watermelon Boy at Big Bash League match
Most superheroes transform in private to keep their everyday identities secret, but not 10-year-old cricket fan Mitchell Schibeci. In plain view at a Big [...]