Gibraltar Wins First Competitive Match In Its History
History was made at the Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium in the Armenian capital on Saturday as Gibraltar won its…
On The Origins, Use, And Meaning Of "Ass In The Jackpot"
The emergence last month of a 2016 video featuring mic’d-up Terry Collins arguing with umpire Tom Hallion not only gave…
Weird FS1 Segment: Say What You Will About Joseph Stalin, But He Had A Sick House
Today’s World Cup coverage on Fox Sports 1 featured a short segment produced by National Geographic, in which a…
The Cleveland Barons' NHL Existence Was A Short And Spectacular Disaster
Bob Whidden got the bad news first. On June 14, 1978, Whidden was in Montreal representing the Cleveland Barons at the…
Climate, Plague, And The Fall Of The Roman Empire
The Roman Empire in the west fell for a great many reasons. We could cite a lengthy series of breakdowns in its…
After The Black Death, Europe's Economy Surged
The Black Death, the wave of bubonic plague that devastated Europe after 1348, marked the final end of a long period of…
How The Roman Empire's Cities Crumbled
When we think of the Roman Empire as a physical space, cities are what come to mind. We see the huge bulk of the…
What Were The Knights Templar Really Like?
Over the last seven centuries, the Knights Templar have left the realm of history and entered the realm of pop culture.…
Professional Mercenaries And Cannon Made Medieval War Obsolete
As the medieval world gave way to the early modern around 1500, European warfare was utterly transformed. Mounted…
How Terry Funk Ended Up In A Match Even Weirder Than Mayweather/McGregor
Terry Funk, along with being a legendary professional wrestler, deserves recognition as a sort of godfather of the…
Why Didn’t The Eastern Roman Empire Fall?
When the Roman Empire disintegrated over the course of the fifth century, only half of it actually fell, the western…
The Sad Failure Of Donald Trump's Desperate Attempt At A Baseball League
Jeffrey Gildenhorn, a beloved D.C. restaurateur, recreational politician, and full-time man about town for several…
Chris Froome's Next Race Will Be Against History
There hasn’t been genuine last-week intrigue about who would win any Tour de France since 2011, when Cadel Evans took…
Women In Wrestling Have Taken A Hard Road To Get To Where They Are Now
Recently, Netflix released the first season of GLOW, a dramedy based on the production of Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling,…
Could The Roman Empire Have Survived?
No empire, from Sargon’s Akkadian Empire to the Soviet Union, lasts forever. There’s always an expiration date.
10 Years Ago, WWE Killed Vince McMahon In Its Most Ridiculous Storyline Ever
When you watch WWE programming for a long time, certain patterns emerge, ranging from production quirks to how matches…
After Rome Fell, Europe's Barbarians Had To Figure Out How To Be Kings
Political structures and institutions—the bedrock of the systems that underpin our world and society—aren’t a given.…
Rome's Fall Left Britain A Violent, Cityless Hellscape
In the year 350 AD, to paraphrase the historian Robin Fleming, Britain was as Roman a place as anywhere in the Empire.…
Rome's Collapse Turned Petty Kings, Strongmen, And Warlords Into The French
Decades before Romulus Augustulus was deposed in 476 AD and the Western Roman Empire officially went out of business,…
Billy Corgan Is Buying Pro Wrestling's Oldest And Deadest Brand To Use As He Pleases
Depending on the specific argument you’re making, you might say that the National Wrestling Alliance, pro wrestling’s…