Sports
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How Do Winter Olympians Stay Warm?
Nearly 3000 athletes have made their way to the Winter Olympic this month, and probably at least a couple are cursing the day they ever decided to become world-class bobsledders: Reports out of Pyeongchang list the temperature at or around a murderous -18C, putting this year’s games on track to be the coldest since 1994…
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Watch This Guy Sink A Record-Breaking 201-Metre Basketball Shot From Atop A Waterfall
Video: From the free-throw line – a distance of just 4.6m – I can maybe put the ball in the basket about 20 per cent of the time. I’m not NBA material, but the league might consider drafting the guys from YouTube’s How Ridiculous, who just nailed a seemingly impossible 201.422m basketball shot.
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The Bluffer’s Guide To The AFL Finals
Australia’s national game, Australian Rules Football, features 22 men on two opposing teams trying to kick an oval ball through the middle of some large, vertical sticks. Over the past 23 weeks, the 18 teams of the Australian Football League (AFL) have tackled, kicked and jumper-punched each other to oblivion, leaving only eight teams to…
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Rich Tech Bros Have An Obnoxious New Hobby
Life as a Silicon Valley tech bro is awesome because you’re rich, and all that sweet money buys you very expensive hobbies. The latest craze: Foiling. It evidently feels like flying except you’re on the water and your bones get broken.