The Most Epic Sports Collapses and Controversies

Athletes can be some of the most successful people, dominating both on and off the field. However, they can also make some big blunders. Read on to find out which of these famous sports stars and teams fell flat…

Mike Tyson

Mike Tyson made waves as one of the biggest names in boxing. He was the youngest heavyweight fighter, had endless knockouts, and went up against some of the most brutal opponents in the ring.

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The More You Know

  • February used to be the last month of the year.
  • The Nobel Committee declined to award the Nobel Peace Prize in 1948 because "there was no suitable living candidate." This was meant as tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, who was assassinated earlier that year without receiving the Prize.
  • Following the release of Rocky IV, a joke was making rounds in Hollywood. Since Rocky had run out of opponents, he would have to fight an alien if a fifth movie was made. Jim and John Thomas took the joke seriously and wrote a screenplay based on it, which later became the movie "Predator".
  • In 1945, Dwight D. Eisenhower predicted that people would try to dispel the holocaust as a falsehood, and ordered all possible photographs taken of the Nazi crimes to hinder any such attempts.
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