"Maybe I didn't deserve to win the race, but neither did he," Andretti told Motor Trend Magazine. "The rule was clear, and a rule is a rule. Bobby won the race, but he cheated winning it. There's an asterisk next to that one." But it wasn't that simple.
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The iconic phrase "I'm going to Disney World" has been said by some of football's most legendary players for the last 33 years, but many fans aren't aware of where the famous phrase started. In fact, it was by accident.
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His time as a rapper was quite short-lived -- only one album, 2003's Be A Man -- but that effort was packed with enough of his classic swagger to fill a lesser man's entire career. The title track addresses his rivalry with Hulk Hogan, "one of the most well-built matches in WWE history."
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James' professional football career started when the St. Louis Rams selected James during the second round, 35th pick of the 2009 NFL Draft.
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Destiny's Child as most people know it, comprised of Beyonce, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams, started off with different members. One of those former members is LaTavia Roberson. Roberson joined Destiny's Child in the '90s, when it was still called Girl's Tyme.
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names were being entered into the Hall of Fame left and right, but not the "Macho Man." For years, there was speculation over why Savage had been kept out. Savage left the WWE and hopped over to the WCW in 1994, and many believe it was the drama surrounding the wrestler's exit that kept him out.
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Four months after the incident, The Guardian reported further that an independent pathologist contracted by Ebossé's family to investigate the death concluded that it was impossible for him to have been killed by an object thrown from the stands.
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Many wrestlers retire due to the wear and tear of body slams and pile drivers over the years, but Hogan stepped away from the ring in a storm of controversy.
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42 was both a critical and commercial success, but, like any biopic, certain details were glossed over. Here's what 42 didn't tell you about Jackie Robinson.
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Ultimately drugs put him in the violent situation that took his life. On November 20, 2012, the triple champion boxer was shot in the head outside of a bar in his hometown of Bayamon, Puerto Rico, in what appeared to have been a drug-related incident.
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The need for a purely American origin of baseball, which in American fashion, needs a singular American inventor, was due to a debate raging about where it was invented, if it was a British creation or American. So some men went looking. This is the wacky truth behind the creator of baseball.
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A number of special rules have been added to the North Korean version of basketball. Here's how basketball game rules are different in North Korea.
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Even though Andre's back was not in the best shape at that point, he agreed to be a part of the show and do what was required of him. In fact, his back hurt so much that in a scene for The Princess Bride, the wrestler couldn't support an actresses's weight.
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Caleb Moore readied his snowmobile. He was about to begin his run at the 2013 Winter X Games Snowmobile Freestyle event, an event he had earned the Bronze medal for three years running. He didn't know it would be his last.
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In the 20th century, sports was mostly dominated by golf, boxing, baseball and horse racing. Then Jim Thorpe took the sporting world by storm.
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Basketball player Hank Gathers was a legend in the making. But his life ended tragically early.
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Yen started training in the martial arts as a child when, according to Men's Journal, he spent his time at one of three places: the weight rack, the boxing gym, or his mother's martial arts school. That's right: His mother was a Tai Chi and Wushu master, and Yen started his training with her.
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Andre the Giant is a force to reckon with in the wrestling world. In terms of his career's iconic moments, WrestleMania III was one of the most important ones. Unfortunately, his only daughter couldn't be there to watch her father at his finest.
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Aikido is a really neat martial art. As far as fighting arts go, Aikido is the only one known to have no attacks. It's purely defensive.
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Lee touched people's hearts. He was a happy, lovable man who was seen smiling anytime he was doing an interview. This world-renowned martial artist made his name and excelled in his career through discipline -- a discipline that took time to develop.
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You might want to sit down. The most expensive baseball card ever sold wasn't exactly cheap.
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Some, more aesthetic, aspects of basketball tend to get lost in shuffle, though. Such is the case with team logos.
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UFC champion Anderson Silva took on Vitor Belfort and came out victorious with a front kick that was considered legendary.
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In November 1982, South Korean boxer Duk-koo Kim entered the boxing ring to fight American boxer Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini in a highly awaited scuffle that received a lot of media attention. It would be the last fight of his life.
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And what does a giant like Andre do during his last few moments on this earth? "Andre loved playing cards," said CBS News.
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Andre had always been humongous. He didn't get that way by drinking his milk and eating his vegetables as a kid, either. He was predisposed to become enormous -- he had a condition known as acromegaly. A tumor rested on his pituitary gland, causing the gland to produce excess human growth hormone.
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Rodman identified his friend's scars and healed them with his goofy and easy-going nature. Before he knew it, he was living with Rich and his family at their beautiful farm, where Rodman learned to drive tractors, tend to cows, and stay far away from his troubled past.
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