The College World Series has crowned 79 NCAA Division I baseball champions since 1947 (the 2020 tournament was canceled due to COVID-19). The University of Southern California holds the all-time record with 12 titles, including five consecutive championships from 1970 to 1974. Louisiana State remains the modern dynasty with 8 total championships, but the 2026 … Read more
Most footballers are finished at the top level long before 40. The running never stops, the recovery gets harder, and the World Cup, the most demanding stage in the sport, tends to belong to players in their athletic prime. Which is exactly why the handful of men who have walked onto that stage in their … Read more
It is the rarest individual feat in baseball: a pitcher takes the mound, faces 27 batters, and sends every single one of them back to the dugout. No hits, no walks, no errors, nobody on base, ever. Across nearly 150 years and hundreds of thousands of games, it has happened exactly 24 times. More astronauts … Read more
Two of the rarest feats in baseball sound almost identical, and fans mix them up constantly. A pitcher throws a no-hitter, the broadcast erupts, and somewhere a viewer asks the obvious question: wait, is that the same thing as a perfect game? The answer is no, and the difference comes down to a single, unforgiving … Read more
Shohei Ohtani is the most collected baseball player on the planet, and his rookie cards sit at the center of the hobby. But “Ohtani rookie card” is not one single card. There are several, from his true first card issued in Japan in 2013 to the flood of 2018 cards from his MLB debut year, … Read more
No name in the sports card hobby has been hotter over the past few years than Shohei Ohtani. The two-way superstar’s cards have gone from afterthoughts in 2018 to seven-figure trophies, and in December 2025 a single Ohtani card sold for a staggering $3 million. His historic 50-50 season, his record $700 million Dodgers contract, … Read more
Every position on a baseball diamond is harder than it looks, but they are not created equal. Some demand split-second reactions and constant communication, others require elite arm strength or the nerve to start every single play, and a few you can hide a weaker glove in. So which is the hardest position to play … Read more
It is one of the most common questions casual fans and youth-baseball parents ask: do baseball players actually wear protective cups? With baseballs flying around at 100 miles per hour and foul tips deflecting in every direction, it seems like an obvious yes, but the real answer is more nuanced and depends heavily on the … Read more
A team can play a night game on the East Coast, then show up for a day game on the West Coast the very next afternoon. Over a 162-game season spread across the entire country, that kind of schedule only works with serious travel logistics. But the way a team gets from city to city … Read more
ERA is one of the first numbers you see next to a pitcher’s name, and one of the most important stats in baseball. But what actually counts as a “good” ERA? A 3.50 might be excellent for one pitcher and merely average for another, because the answer depends on the era, the level of play, … Read more