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Haley Von Voorhis is the first female (non-kicker) to play in an NCAA football game

During a recent NCAA football game against Juniata, Haley Van Voorhis, a safety for Division-III Shenandoah University, made history as the first female non-kicker to participate. She entered the game in the first quarter when Shenandoah was leading by 26 points and managed to register a quarterback hurry on third down.

Van Voorhis expressed her exhilaration after the match, stating to The Washington Post, “It’s an amazing thing. I just wanted to get out and do my thing. I aim to demonstrate to others what women are capable of and to show my own capabilities. This is a significant milestone. I turned the impossible into the possible, and that thrills me.”

Shenandoah ultimately defeated Juniata with a score of 48-7.

Standing at 5-foot-6 and weighing 145 pounds, this junior player had previously spent two seasons with the junior varsity team. The Plains, Virginia-born athlete attended Christchurch for high school, receiving a 2019 all-state honorable mention. Unfortunately, her senior season was called off due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Apart from football, Van Voorhis showcases her athleticism in Shenandoah’s track and field team as a sprinter.

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The Undertaker looks down at medical staff checking on Mankind after he fell, unscripted, through the top of Hell in a Cell into the ring 16ft below. June 28, 1998

Foley suffered several injuries in the match: a concussion, a dislocated jaw and shoulder, bruised ribs, internal bleeding, puncture wounds, and several teeth knocked out.

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Nike had conditions before giving rookie Michael Jordan a record contract: Either be rookie of the year, or average 20 ppg, or be an all star, or sell $4 mill worth shoes in a year. Jordan was rookie of the year, scored 28.2 ppg, named all star, and Nike sold $100 mill of shoes in 1984-85.

Nike offered Jordan $500,000 a year in cash for five years, which was a ridiculous number at the time. The previous highest contract was James Worthy’s deal with New Balance, an eight-year deal worth $150,000 a year. Adding stock options and other parts of the deal, Falk said Jordan would earn $7 million over those five years, as long as Nike didn’t sever the contract.

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The Feet of a Female Ballet Dancer

As a dancer, I think that ballerinas have beautiful feet. However, to a non-dancer, all that is seen is a distorted and unnatural-looking foot.

In some ways they are ugly because of the extreme of work they do. The unnatural pointe work also takes its toll- not only on the skin, with blisters and wounds, but also with the bones, with stress fractures and bone spurs.

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Legs are NOT Supposed to Bend That Way: Mikey Musumeci vs. Gantumur Bayanduuren

26-year-old Combat Sambo World Champ, Gantumur Bayanduuren, tore his ACL, MCL and meniscus in his left knee, and suffered a broken ankle, after refusing to tap to an eight-minute leg lock attempt from flyweight submission grappling champ Musumeci at the ONE Fight Night 6 card in Bangkok last Saturday.

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Drake Pulls Rare 1986 Fleer Michael Jordan Rookie Card Worth up to $700K USD

Drake managed to pull one of the rarest sports memorabilia in an Instagram Live last night with Goldin Auctions founder Ken Goldin. In one of the sealed boxes containing 1986-1987 Fleer basketball trading cards, Drake found himself in possession of a 1986 Fleer Michael Jordan Rookie card.

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Valeria Vasnetsova food at olympics

Russian athlete Valeria Vasnetsova posted this photo on Instagram. She says that the same meal has been served at the Winter Olympics in Beijing for “breakfast, lunch, and dinner for five days already.”

She said she could only eat three handfuls of pasta a day “because it’s just impossible to eat the rest of the food,” causing her to “sleep all day because I don’t even have the strength to get out of bed.” She added her “bones are sticking out” from losing “a lot of weight.” 

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Super Bowl ticket pricing chart.

Super Bowl ticket pricing chart.

On Ticketmaster, the NFL’s official ticket marketplace, the cheapest tickets were listed at around $5,000 per seat, but when you include the fees, it’s actually more than $6,000. The most expensive pair was going for about $65,000 apiece in the VIP section, or over $78,000 per ticket when factoring in fees.

Here’s what it looks like from the $5,000 ticket seat:

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Tom Brady and his 7 rings. He officially announced his retirement today.

I have always believed the sport of football is an "all-in" proposition – if a 100% competitive commitment isn’t there, you won’t succeed, and success is what I love so much about our game. There is a physical, mental, and emotional challenge EVERY single day that has allowed me to maximize my highest potential. And I have tried my very best these past 22 years. There are no shortcuts to success on the field or in life.

This is difficult for me to write, but here it goes: I am not going to make that competitive commitment anymore. I have loved my NFL career, and now it is time to focus my time and energy on other things that require my attention.