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After Senna’s fatal crash, officials discovered an Austrian flag that Senna had intended to wave in tribute to another driver who perished a day earlier.

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Harry Haft was the Jewish boxer who punched his way out of Auschwitz and survived to tell the tale. But his heroic journey to freedom came at a terrible cost.

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Football is the biggest sport in America. It dominates the conversation and the ratings, and we love it. But how much do you know about the sport and its history? Well, see how many of these 20 NFL questions you can answer correctly.

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Some Formula One drivers simply can’t stay away from the track, even after absolutely horrific accidents. Niki Lauda was one.

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Winning a medal at the Olympics is the pinnacle of sport, but what happened when these athletes had their medals stripped from them?

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When Marilyn Monroe met Joe DiMaggio, it seemed like she’d finally get her happily ever after—but instead, she was thrust into a dark nightmare.

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Sports has its heroes, villains, winners, losers, and cheaters. It also has Lance Armstrong, who is all of them rolled into one.

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The amazing rise of Antonio Brown is only matched by his catastrophic fall—but most people still don't know this troubled star's dark history.

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The O.J. Simpson trial and Deflategate were only the beginning—the biggest stars from the NFL have some disturbing stories to tell.

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It turns out, the gambling scandal was only the beginning—discover the dark history behind baseball's Hit King, Pete Rose.

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There’s nothing more awful than losing a legend far too soon—and these facts about Kobe Bryant prove what a legend he was.

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Babe Ruth is one of the most iconic athletes the world has ever seen—but most people don't know the Great Bambino's dark history.



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