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Are players whose pictures grace 'Madden NFL' video games doomed by a curse?

‘The Madden Curse’: Are NFL Cover Players Doomed to Injury or Obscurity? “Bad luck” happens to just about everyone sooner or later, but we only take especial...

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Did Queen Elizabeth II Ask Cristiano Ronaldo to Sign Jerseys? Is Manchester United even Queen Elizabeth's favorite football team?

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A popular tweet said that Johnson "donated some of his blood to the Red Cross to help underprivileged communities help fight COVID-19."

No, Magic Johnson Didn’t Donate Blood to the Red Cross A popular tweet said that Johnson "donated some of his blood to the Red Cross...

Labeled Satire

Rumor: Golf courses have 18 holes because 18 shots makes up a bottle of scotch.

Why Do Golf Courses Have 18 Holes? As one rumor goes, golfers established the number because a standard bottle of Scotch contains...

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No, Mike Tomlin Didn’t Say ‘No More Kneeling’ on His Field The Pittsburgh Steelers' head coach has expressed support for his players who take a stand...

Labeled Satire

No, Conor McGregor Did Not Die in August 2022 Sooner or later, a completely unfounded death hoax is visited upon most celebrities.

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Kelsey Plum with WNBA All-Star Game MVP trophy

Did WNBA MVP Kelsey Plum Receive a Trophy That Cost Only $18? Many sports trophies, including those for the WNBA, are made by Tiffany & Co.

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Are There No Athletes Assigned Female at Birth Who Transitioned and Competed in Men’s Sports? Meanwhile, transgender women are effectively banned from competing in women’s events by world FINA, the...

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Is Tom Brady’s Yacht Bigger Than the Titanic? Seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady does own a yacht, but this claim from an...

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Was Reka Gyorgy Banned by Twitter for Criticizing Lia Thomas? A number of misleading and false claims were circulated after Lia Thomas became the first...

False

Did Turkish Football Fans Chant Putin ‘Looks Like a Dick’? This wasn't the first time anti-Putin chants rained down from the rafters.

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Does Watching the Super Bowl Cause Male Impotence? It was rumored that a 2011 study “successfully linked the watching of high-intensity, fast-paced sports...

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