Lee's road to bona fide butt-kicker wasn't easy. Students in Honk Kong didn't like to work with Lee. Instructors wanted nothing to do with him. It's surprising he ever became as accomplished as he did. Their reasoning had to make it all the tougher on Lee.
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There are plenty of terrifying people walking the planet. And the scariest man on the planet is about as intimidating as any human being can be.
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Let's take a moment to find out Bruce Lee's real fighting ability, with a fantasy fight that pits him against the (physically) biggest of all action stars of recent years: Steven Seagal.
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Annapurna stands as the inverse of Mt. Everest. Everest is the tallest mountain in the world but only has the tenth highest death rate.
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The power forward legend and the Queen of Pop dated for a while around 1994, and while Rodman has told several versions of the story over the years, Madonna has been rather more reluctant to spill the beans. Still others have told versions that differ significantly from Rodman's.
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Trevor Smith's death at just 33 years old was tragic. Smith weighed over 400 pounds at his peak. He trained ferociously, and he used steroids.
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There's one particular event in Angle's early life, however, that affected him possibly more than any other awful event in his life. Let's take a look at the childhood tragedy that made Kurt Angle who he is.
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MMA allows fighters to train in whatever discipline they want and fight with a myriad of styles that keep viewers pawning their stereos to afford the pay-per-view specials. Two fighters, male or female, sweaty and rolling around or the ground while they beat each other's brains out.
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Athlete diets can certainly contribute to flatulence, and once in a while, a fart leaks out. Here are some athletes who farted on live TV.
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This is a fight every kid who grew up in the 1980s or '90s wanted to see at some point. Two martial artists, two action stars: Jean Claude Van Damme vs. Chuck Norris. The highlight of the night.
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Andre the Giant, whose real name was André René Roussimoff, was literally larger than life, humongous in person as well as in the hearts of his fans. Probably everyone. At least everyone who saw The Princess Bride.
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It was 3:45 in the morning. Of the 85,000 who had showed up to the Olympic Club in New Orleans to watch the what would become the longest fight ever.
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"Even if I don't win, I just want to prove I belong there." This line, an iconic moment in Rocky, is reportedly what Chuck Wepner told his wife before he faced Muhammad Ali.
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It was October 2, 1977 and the baseball season was coming to an end when Dusty Baker, a left fielder for the Dodgers, hit his 30th home run. And as Baker approached home plate, Glenn Burke, an outfielder and the next at bat, raised his hand over his head. The high five was born.
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There was one person above all others who was truly capable of absurd, godly feats of alcohol consumption: wrestler and actor Andre the Giant.
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The Boxer Rebellion has been called many things, depending on who's referring to it. This is the tragic true story of the Boxer Rebellion.
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Boxing is a well-documented sport, and the strengths and weaknesses of its most famous fighters are well-known. That's why nothing can stop you from a fantasy fight between Mike Tyson and Deontay Wilder, despite its actual impossibility.
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When you drive, you're probably very careful about the speed limit (and you should because it's the law). But if you've ever thought of living out your NASCAR dreams ion the open road, you should do it in a place that allows for it. And no, it's nowhere in the United States.
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Kano was a serious man. He also cast a long shadow. From his birth in 1860 to his death in 1938, Kano would master a martial art, modernize it, and then unleash it on a global audience.
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On Monday, August 17th, pro baseball player Fernando Tatis Jr. of the San Diego Padres curried both rage and adulation by ... playing baseball. But according to many, what he was really doing was breaking baseball's unwritten rules. Raising the question -- what are baseball's unwritten rules?
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Karate Kid and Cobra Kai fans may not know there was a real-life inspiration for Mr. Miyagi, and he even had the same last name.
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In the red corner, we have Jean-Claude Van Damme, the Muscles from Brussels. In the blue (well, green) corner, we have Jason David Frank, who is most famous for being the actor who played the original Green and White Power Rangers, but also a real-life karate master. Who would win?
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Gene LeBell has appeared either as a character or stunt double on nearly 1,000 movies and TV shows, says his citation by the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.
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Rudy isn't the only man in history to use his name -- which inspired a classic football film -- to sell merchandise, though it does fall rather nicely into the category of American hero, transformed into a brand, like Walt Disney
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Let's cut to the chase: movie action hero and self-proclaimed martial artist Steven Seagal has been known to blow his own horn.
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Nobody (that we know of, anyway) claims that a sport isn't a sport unless it involves a live bird. Like, for instance, a goose. But geese, and horses, and human beings are the basic ingredients for a blessedly less common sport called goose pulling.
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Who was Charles Atlas? An actual man, or merely the creation of an advertising firm? The answer, it turns out, is "both."
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