Sports People

John Cena is one of the most recognizable athletes in the world. Sixteen-time world champion. Hollywood action star. Make-A-Wish record holder. He has described his relationship with WWE as the “one that was going to survive.” Elizabeth Huberdeau was the one that didn’t. She was his high school sweetheart. They grew up together in Massachusetts, […]

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the most decorated player in NBA history. Six MVPs. Six championships. Nineteen All-Star selections. 38,387 career points, a record that stood for 39 years until LeBron James broke it in 2023. He played 20 seasons without missing a beat, and he did it with a signature skyhook that nobody in basketball history

John Stockton is the NBA’s all-time leader in assists and steals. He played 19 seasons, all with the Utah Jazz, never missing the playoffs once. He won two Olympic gold medals. He holds records that may never be broken. He is one of the greatest point guards in basketball history. His wife grew up as

George Foreman died on March 21, 2025, in a Houston hospital at age 76. He was a two-time world heavyweight champion, an Olympic gold medalist, the man behind the George Foreman Grill, and one of the most recognizable athletes in American history. He was married five times and had 12 children. Andrea Skeete was his

André the Giant was the most physically imposing figure in professional wrestling history. Seven feet four inches tall. Over 500 pounds at his peak. His gigantism was caused by a tumor on his pituitary gland that went untreated his entire life. By his early forties his knees were gone, his back was failing, and every

CeeDee Lamb is one of the most talented wide receivers in the NFL. The Dallas Cowboys drafted him 17th overall in 2020. In 2024 he signed a four-year, $136 million contract extension, making him one of the highest-paid non-quarterbacks in the league. He has speed, hands, and route running that make him genuinely difficult to

Dani Speegle did not find CrossFit until she was 21 years old, in the final year of her college degree. By 25, she was competing at the CrossFit Games as the US national champion. By 26, she had won a national television competition. By 31, she was cast as a Gladiator on one of the

Nigel Benn fought 48 professional bouts. He won 42 of them, 35 by knockout. He held the WBO middleweight title and the WBC super-middleweight championship. He had two of the most iconic fights in British boxing history against Chris Eubank, and one of the most frightening fights anyone has ever watched against Gerald McClellan. He

Women’s football in England does not look the same as it did in 2015. The Women’s Super League has standalone sponsors, broadcast deals, growing attendances, and professional infrastructure that would have been unrecognisable a decade ago. Alan McTavish was one of the people building that infrastructure from the inside. Over nine and a half years

Karen Carney grew up in Hall Green, Birmingham. Her mum worked at Sainsbury’s. Her dad was a firefighter. There was no football pedigree in the family, no connections to the game, no obvious pathway into professional sport. She made one anyway. By the time she retired in 2019, Karen Carney had 144 England caps, four