Stacker-Sports

Stacker takes a look at Black athletes who transformed American sports. These basketball stars, boxing legends, and Olympic heroes achieved masterful feats in competition and away from sport.

Stacker looks back at 30 iconic moments in sports that defined the 1960s. These include college basketball dynasties from the state of California, historic home runs that set records and won the World Series, and ingenious high jumpers who changed the way track-and-field sports were performed.

Rooting for the home team is fine, but flying to one of these cities that Bounce identified as being close to major sports venues can be a memorable treat.

More than 150,000 spectators will pack into Churchill Downs on May 7 to watch the 148th Kentucky Derby: the race that’s been dubbed the greatest two minutes in sports. Whether you’re picking a dark horse or sticking with the favorite, we at Stacker have ranked all the thoroughbreds running this year’s Kentucky Derby by their odds, from longest to shortest.

No one ever knows who’ll make history at the Kentucky Derby, but citing data from the Kentucky Derby and other sources, Stacker features 10 jockeys with the most Derby wins.

With the 2022 NBA Playoffs underway, OLBG compiled a list of the highest point-scorers in every team’s history using data from Basketball Reference.

Stacker shares the racial disparities among players, coaches, and others from the 2021 NFL Racial & Gender Report Card by TIDES.

Stacker looks at every NFL top overall draft pick to make the playoffs in their rookie season, per data from Pro-Football-Reference.com.

To celebrate the many women athletes who have left powerful, lasting marks on the world, Stacker looks at 15 inspiring women athletes who not only broke barriers within their sport but also made a significant difference in society.

When an NFL team takes a big lead only to have their opponent erase it, it’s devastating for the loser and electrifying for the winner. OLBG gathered and ranked the biggest blown leads by every team in the NFL. Here are each team’s biggest meltdowns.

Stacker compiled a list of 20 of the most memorable Super Bowl halftime shows from various news and entertainment sites.

Football’s ultimate game has a long history of surprising outcomes. Using data from Vegas Insider, Stacker curated a gallery of the biggest underdogs in Super Bowl history, ranking them from the lowest to highest point spreads.

As the NFL counts down the days to kicking off the league’s 103rd season, Stacker looks at the history of every team name.

From Muhammad Ali to Tiger Woods, we look back at the record-breakers, barrier breakers, and gold medalists who have shaped Black American sports over the past century. Stacker counts down Black sports history from the year you were born.

Stacker compiled roster data from Team USA and the U.S. Census Bureau to break down how many Olympians hail from each state.

Every spring, legions of sports fans turn their attention to college basketball when March Madness takes the national spotlight. Using aggregated Associated Press data, BestOdds has come up with 10 of the biggest—and most unlikely—underdog wins in March Madness history.

In a complicated and divisive world, sometimes all it takes is sports to bring us together or put life into perspective. Stacker curated a list of 30 examples of how sports have unified the globe.

A year-round tropical climate is the polar opposite of ice and snow, but many sun-dwelling athletes are determined to beat the odds and try for a historic win at this year’s Winter Olympics. Stacker compiled a list of several warm-weather countries set to compete in this year’s Winter Games.