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Photo by Giulia Manfrini / Instagram Surfer Dead After Being Impaled by Swordfish in Freak Accident
Giulia Manfrini suffered a five centimeter stab wound after a swordfish impaled her while she was surfing.
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Archival photo from the 1996 World Conker Championships. Photo by Mark Thompson/Allsport. Steel Nut Scandal Rocks World Conker Championship—Whatever That Is
David Jakins’s alleged steel nut sparked outrage at the obscure World Conker Championships, then an American upstart claimed surprise victory.
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Utah Hockey Club's first regular season game. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) Hockey Fans in Utah Crush Stadium Beer Record at First Game
The Utah Hockey Club won its debut NHL game in Salt Lake City, while beer vendors set a local record in alcohol-sales.
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Jessica Campbell / Seattle Kraken / X.com Jessica Campbell Is the First Woman to Coach an NHL Team
Women have coached for the other three major leagues, but Jessica Campbell is the NHL’s first full-time female coach.
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Bettors at Monmouth Park Sports Book in New Jersey. (DOMINICK REUTER/AFP via Getty Images) Sports Betting Study Tracks Losers’ Threats and Abuse of NCAA College Athletes
The NCAA tracked abusive, threatening messages to athletes and coaches. 1 in 4 came from people complaining about their bad sports bets.
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Photo by Camden Hall/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock Vanderbilt Fans Tear Down Goal Post, Toss It in River After Team’s Stunning Upset Against No. 1 Alabama
Vanderbilt will pay a $100,000 fine after fans stormed the filed and tore down the goal post, before tossing it in the Cumberland River.
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Ron "Wolverine" Bata slaps Damien "The Bell" Dibbell. Photo by Louis Grasse/PxImages/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images. Slap Fighting Study Finds Brain Injury Signs in 80% of Competitors
In the first academic study on professional slap fighting, researchers found more than half of the slap sequences resulted in visible signs of concussion.
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Photo by Anthony Behar/Fox Sports/PictureGroup/Shutterstock Mercury Morris, Running Back From Miami Dolphins’ Perfect ’72 Season, Dead at 77
The two-time Super Bowl champion died on Sept. 21.
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Green Bay Packers quarterback Malik Willis scrambles with the ball. Photo by Tannen Maury/UPI/Shutterstock.