Questions tagged [sport]
All forms of competitive physical activity which, through casual or organized participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical fitness and provide entertainment to participants.
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Is the six million dollar hut challenge real?
According to a video posted on YouTube two weeks ago, there exists a "$6,000,000 Hut Challenge - 150 Days Alone" in which a contestant can win the aforementioned six million dollars by ...
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Was the Russian Olympic Shooting Team 12 days late for the 1908 Summer Olympics due to a calendar mixup?
According to an article in Sports Illustrated, referred to by a reddit post, an article about programmer falsehoods, and elsewhere, the Russian Shooting team arrived 12 days late for the 1908 Summer ...
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Is Qatar hiring fans to fake public interest in the world cup?
Many news sites (1, 2, 3) claim that Qatar is hiring hundreds of fake fans for the 2022 World Cup.
Guardian
Fans who have travelled to Qatar as part of a controversial paid-for supporters programme ...
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Did NFL player Brian Bosworth sell anti-Boz t-shirts to Denver Broncos fans?
NFL player/loudmouth Brian Bosworth had a well-publicized feud with John Elway and the Denver Broncos upon joining the league in 1988:
The scene at Mile High Stadium for my first game against Elway ...
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Were the Chinese tennis events cancelled by the WTA in relation to Peng Shuai already cancelled because of COVID-19?
The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) announced it is cancelling "all WTA tournaments in China, including Hong Kong" based on recent events surrounding Peng Shuai.
Long before #PengShuai’s ...
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Is foot pronation a predictor for injury? Can it be corrected with shoes?
Retailers of running shoes talk about "pronation" and the risks it causes and how shoe choice can help.
For examples, Asics claim:
Pronation refers to the way your foot rolls inward for ...
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Does playing slower music in gyms reduce the risk of COVID-19 infections?
I read (mirror 1, mirror 2) that South Korean authorites have introduced some rules to enforce slower (in terms of BPM) music in gyms to reduce the risk of COVID-19 infections:
Music with more than ...
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Does UA Rush bodywear improve athletic performance?
Under Armor is selling a products made from a new fabric called Rush.
During performance, the body emits heat. The responsive UA RUSH fabric absorbs that heat and converts it into infrared energy ...
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Do transgender women athletes have an advantage over cisgender women athletes?
There have been numerous articles in media over transgender women competing in women sports, and debating if this is fair with women whose birth sex was female.
I know there are some studies, like ...
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Is it less dangerous to box without gloves than with gloves?
From this YouTube video by Today I Found Out,
Most pertinent here, is that neither boxer would be wearing gloves in such a classic match. As paradoxical as it sounds, boxing without gloves is ...
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Is bare-knuckle boxing a safer combat sport than regular boxing in terms of brain trauma?
I read on The awkward conversation that followed Chris Lytle's un-retirement for bare-knuckle (mirror):
Lytle believes bare-knuckle is a safer combat sport than boxing, where he said the repeated ...
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What was the real reason for India pulling out of the 1950 World Cup? [closed]
There is a common claim that India refused to play with shoes during the 1950 FIFA World Cup.
However it does mostly seem to be a myth. This, this and this article clearly seem to debunk this myth. ...
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Did OJ Simpson murder his ex wife and Ron Goldman? [closed]
Many people believe that OJ murdered his wife and Ron Goldman.
He was found not guilty in criminal court but later found liable for their deaths in civil court, based on newer evidence that wasn't ...
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Did doctors/scientists say that breaking the 4-minute mile was impossible?
Roger Bannister's feat of breaking the 4-minute mile is often accompanied with assertions that the scientific community at the time deemed the feat impossible (or, if possible, would be fatally ...
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Did a Jewish boxer survive the holocaust by fighting fellow prisoners?
During the Holocaust, Jewish boxer Salamo Arouch was imprisoned at Auschwitz. He was forced to fight fellow prisoners; the losers were sent to the gas chambers or shot. He survived over 2 years and ...
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Is horse riding the most dangerous sport you can do? [closed]
I have heard more then once from people claiming that horse riding is the most dangerous sport you can be doing. But sound like it can't possible be true. It seems that sport like MMA where the goal ...
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Did a Charlton goalkeeper stay on the pitch for 20 minutes after the match was cancelled due to fog?
The following image is circulating on Twitter:
Chelsea-Charlton on boxing day 1937 was interrupted at the 60th minute due to intense fog.
The Charlton keeper stayed on the pitch for 20 more minutes ...
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Is Casey Neistat's video of himself flying under a drone genuine?
In this video a vlogger shows off themselves flying, doing jumps and snowboarding uphill by being attached to a large drone.
Was he effectively being dragged and lifted by the drone?
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Are activities in which both people bleed on each other considered "No Risk" for the transmission of HIV?
My friend, who was a HIV care provider, claims explicitly that "no one has ever transmitted HIV through wound to wound contact" and that therefore there is no significant risk to hockey players ...
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Does cupping have medical benefits?
Recently, in the Rio Olympics 2016, quite a few sportsmen and sportswomen have been seen with cupping marks, which allegedly result from the traditional Chinese/Oriental medicine treatment Hijama or ...
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Is Leicester City winning the English Football premiership the most improbable single event in betting history?
Leicester City were recently confirmed as winners of England's top football (soccer) league. Last year they were facing relegation a dozen matches before the end of the 38 game season and, at the ...
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Are artificial football pitches linked to cancer?
There is a lot of weather in the UK and this interacts with normal grass pitches used for sports such as soccer and rugby to cause the pitches to be unplayable. As a response many teams have adopted ...
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Is any unconscious person capable of full splits?
The following popular article on stretching claims that lack of flexibility is purely neurological (or even psychological) and that [almost] any unconscious person would be very stretchy, e.g. can be ...
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Is this shoe lacing technique effective at preventing blackened toe nails?
See:
Reddit: LPT: How to lace your running shoes (June 7, 2015)
Reddit: Black toes from ultimate? (May 20, 2015)
Runner's World: How To Lace Shoes: Prevent Black Toe Nails (March 4, 2011)
They link ...
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Did this baseball bat stand up after been thrown?
My friend just send me this video of a baseball bat mysteriously standing up after being thrown. He claims it happened but I say its fake:
Baseball bat standing up in a fake looking way
Did this ...
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