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9 Terrifying Cases Of Athletes Who Were Attacked By Animals
Top athletes often have to overcome obstacles and endure hardships to succeed. That, of course, is why we often find them so inspirational. But it’s one thing to have to overcome disease, heartbreak, car crashes, or some other horrible thing that regular people experience every day. It’s quite another to have to overcome out-of-the-blue attacks [...]
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Animal Interference: 11 Critters Who Interrupted Sporting Events
Ever since that squirrel ran across home plate just as Philadelphia’s Roy Oswalt was delivering a pitch in Game 4 of the NLDS between the Phillies and Cardinals (a game which St. Louis went on to win), people in St. Louis have been going nuts for the Busch Stadium Rally Squirrel. It’s become a symbol [...]
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11 Stupid Movies About Animals Playing Sports
There are many ingredients required for a good sports movie. You need a solid hero, a sinister villain (or two), a hot actress (or three), and maybe a little comedic relief for good measure. You know what you never, ever need in a sports movie? Animals. Particularly animals playing sports. If you’re thinking about making [...]
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14 Pet Lovers from the World of Pro Sports
The sports world was rocked in 2007 when news agencies got wind of NFL star quarterback Michael Vick’s involvement in a brutal dogfighting ring in rural Virginia. But if any silver lining can be found in this sickening scandal, it’s that the world’s attention was sharply focused on the problem of animal cruelty. And ever [...]
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9 Awesome Videos of Animals Playing Sports
I’ll be the first one to admit that this daily piece is culturally biased. For almost a year now, I have been focusing almost exclusively on human athletes. Well, that stops now. I have overlooked a large segment of the sporting population, and with today’s piece, I would like to move the spotlight to some [...]
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Fierce Competitors: 9 Awesome Animals Playing Sports
This is a really boring time of year for sports. Baseball isn’t quite in a pennant race. Football is in training camp. Hockey players are shaving their beards and basketball is months way. So what’s a sports fan to do? Hahaha who said WNBA? Good one. That was funny. Points for that. In this slow [...]
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Picture Of The Day: Okay Bull, Now You’re Just Rubbing It In
It seems like whenever some brave soul attempts to grab the bull by the horns, he ends up getting impaled by those very same horns instead. This guy was lucky enough to avoid such a disaster, although I’m not sure being stuck under a 2 ton bull feels any better. I guess the saying “when [...]
