What a beautiful, beautiful game. That time a young Syrian refugee and his family got to sit the stands to watch a soccer game for the first time: In September 2015, the Santos football team in Brazil hosted a visit from 100 Syrian refugees, including 9-year-old Malek (link in Portuguese, but t…

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Both #8 and #24 will be retired. It seems like just the other day that Kobe played in his final game and had a performance so incredible, it felt like a scripted movie. Now, over a year and a half later, Kobe is having his jersey retired on December 18th, which will make basketball fans feel old…

Just because he’s not on your team doesn’t mean you can’t appreciate his greatness. No matter where your NBA loyalties lie, there are countless reasons to love LeBron James. Andy Lyons / Getty Images First and foremost, he's a man of the people, whether he's taking a selfie with some y…

Yeah…we pee in pools. Martin Bureau / AFP / Getty Images 1. First and foremost, peeing in the pool. 2. That obviously means you're technically peeing with — and on — your friends. 3. Also, (if you're capable of it) peeing while you're swimming and leaving a little stream behind you…

Yeah, we pee in the pool. When you first jump in to the water during morning practice: Instagram: @swim When you feel badass because your coach doesn't catch you doing this: Instagram: @swim And this describes lane lines perfectly: Instagram: @swim When people say swimming is easy, an…

Everson Griffen’s son was born on Thanksgiving morning. This Thanksgiving was an especially good one for NFL player Everson Griffen, who was crushing it on the field in the Minnesota Vikings v. Detroit Lions game just hours after his third child was born. Icon Sportswire / Getty Images And whil…

Pittsburgh Steelers offensive tackle and former Army ranger Alejandro Villanueva made headlines Sunday when he stood alone on the field with his hand over his heart during the national anthem. Nam Y. Huh / AP Leading up to the game, coach Mike Tomlin said that the Steelers would not be on the f…

Hernandez in court in 2013. Jared Wickerham / Getty Images Aaron Hernandez, the former NFL player who killed himself in prison after being convicted of murder, suffered from stage 3 chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the degenerative brain disease known as CTE that is associated with athletes wh…

A total body workout in 30 minutes. I'm also a huge fan of LeBron James, not just because he's incredible on the basketball court, but because he strives for greatness off of it, and is seemingly always in the gym. LeBron has managed to remain healthy through 14 NBA seasons, and at age 3…