Floyd Mayweather paid $750,000 to leave Top Rank in 2006, then built a boxing career with over $1 billion in estimated earnings.
PSG paid €222 million for Neymar in 2017, reshaping football transfers. Discover the FFP dispute, Barcelona’s spending and PSG’s eventual triumph.
Michael Jordan signed a $2.5 million Nike deal in 1984. Discover how Air Jordan grew into a $7 billion brand and the truth about the banned shoe.
Graeme Obree broke cycling’s hour record on a homemade bike in 1993, reclaimed it in 1994 and challenged the UCI with radical designs.
A table tennis point lasted 2 hours and 12 minutes in 1936. Discover how the Prague marathon changed the sport’s rules.
The Tyrrell P34 won the 1976 Swedish Grand Prix with six wheels, but its unique front tires caused the revolutionary F1 car’s downfall.
The early Olympics featured live-pigeon shooting, tug-of-war and obstacle swimming in Paris. Discover which strange events actually awarded medals.
Barbados scored a deliberate own goal in 1994, then defended both nets against Grenada. Discover the bizarre rule that made it possible.
The 1904 Olympic marathon featured a car ride, strychnine, wild dogs and just 14 finishers. Discover the facts behind its chaotic history.
Camp Bonifas has a 192-yard golf hole beside Korea’s DMZ, where minefields make lost balls dangerous. Discover its remarkable history.
