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    15 Vintage Sports Photos That Prove Why 20th Century Games Were Grittier

    Sports back in the 20th century possessed a notable level of raw authenticity that can almost seem watered down today. Before there was such high-tech gear in addition to endless social media highlights, the athletes of the time were just…

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    10 Historical NBA Rules and Traditions That No Longer Exist

    The NBA has undergone numerous dramatic changes tracing back to its earliest days. From the especially strange regulations such as jump balls following every made basket to the once normal customs like teams wearing white while at home, there are…

  • Vintage Basketball photos - Left: A basketball player celebrates with arms raised, confetti around him, wearing a Texas Tech jersey. Right: Two basketball players walk together smiling; one wears a blazer, the other an NBA uniform with number 23.
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    35 Vintage Photos From the Golden Era of Basketball

    Tracing back to the early days of the NBA and basketball in general, it’s humbling to note just how much the game of ball has changed. Founded in 1946 as the Basketball Association of America (BAA), before it eventually merged…

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    10 Outdated Baseball Rules From The Early Days of the Game

    Baseball has a long and evolving history, and some of the early rules of the game seem downright bizarre compared to today’s standards. From underhand pitching to batters calling their own strikes, these are some of the most bizarre and…

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    17 Photos From The Early Days of American Football (1900s)

    Long before there were such things as highly modernized helmets, cutting-edge pads, and also multi-billion-dollar stadiums, American football stood as an unprecedented rugged and brutal test of endurance that was carried out on muddy fields offering little protection. Tracing back…

  • The image is a split-screen of two men. The left side shows a man with sunglasses eating a sandwich outdoors with the caption, "The wit. He can't miss." The right side shows a man in a red blazer, speaking with the caption, "So, no one ever says um.
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    19 Wildly Unrealistic Things Portrayed In Movies

    If only life were like it is in the movies, right? Wouldn’t things be simpler? Or hauntingly entertaining, at the very least. There’s something about the scripts accompanying so many movies that results in things that always seem to work…