From Ancient Olympia to Today's Record Breakers
The 100-meter dash is the most electric event in global athletics — but it started as a barefoot race down a dirt track in ancient Greece. Trace the sprint's wild journey from Olympia to Usain Bolt, and find out why today's fastest humans would have seemed like gods to the ancient world.
Every year, millions of Americans train for months to run exactly 26.2 miles — a distance that was essentially locked in by bureaucratic accident in 1921. The story behind the marathon is messier, stranger, and more entertaining than most runners realize.
Before the NFL, before March Madness, before any of it — there were the ancient Greek Games. Ten athletic disciplines born in Olympia went on to shape the sports we watch today, though a couple of them were so brutal they probably wouldn't survive a modern liability waiver. Here's the full breakdown.
Before Reddit became the front page of the internet, there was Digg — a scrappy social news site that dominated online culture in the mid-2000s. This is the story of its rise, its spectacular fall, and its long road back.