[
8 Not-So-Great Reasons to Remember the Replacement Refs
The Lingerie Football League is not without its merits, but it isn’t exactly a paragon of football excellence. Still, league officials were reportedly so concerned about the incompetence of some of their officials that they chose to fire them rather than risk “the credibility of [their] game.” Meanwhile, the unsuspecting National Football League proceeded to hire these very same officials to oversee their nationally televised, brutally physical games. We’re thinking Mr. Goodell didn’t do his homework on this one.
[
The 5 Best College Football Head Coaches Without a National Title
Surprising stat: Out of the 124 active FBS football head coaches, only eight have managed to win a national championship.
That isn’t to say that the other 116 gainfully employed men are incompetent. In fact, many of these coaches are frequently on the brink of securing a piece of college football immortality. Let’s take a look at some of the best FBS coaches that have yet to win a title:
[
The 5 Biggest September Collapses in Baseball History
On July 18 the New York Yankees held a comfortable lead in the A.L. East and seemed destined for a deep playoff run. Since then, the Bombers have somehow managed to blow a 10-game advantage over the Orioles, leading to a scramble for first place and an extremely rattled New York fan base. Still, this is hardly the first time that a team with a comfortable lead has suffered a late-season collapse.
Let’s take a look at some of the worst September meltdowns in baseball history:
[
The 5 Most Lopsided Trades in Sports History
[
5 Managers Who Have Somehow Never Won a World Series
[
5 Biggest Baseball Brawls in MLB History
There’s no denying that the typical professional baseball game has many dull moments. Even the most diehard fan can have a hard time focusing on those midseason snoozefests during the dog days of August. Still, every once in a while, fans are treated to a phenomenon as rare as it is riveting—the bench-clearing brawl.