Curated playlist
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Dwyane WadeDwyane Wade's sister tricked him into a car ride at age eight. She said movies but took him to live with their father.
- LeBron JamesLeBron James led Cleveland back from a 3-1 Finals deficit, a first in NBA history. It ended a 52-year title wait.
- Kobe BryantKobe Bryant scored 81 points against Toronto in 2006, the second-highest NBA game total ever.
- Pau GasolPau Gasol first wanted to be a doctor and cure AIDS. Magic Johnson's 1991 announcement changed the boy's plans.
- Manu GinóbiliManu Ginóbili was picked 57th in the NBA draft and still reached the Hall of Fame.
- Lionel MessiLionel Messi's first Barcelona contract was written on a paper napkin. He was 13 at the time.
- Serena WilliamsSerena Williams won the 2017 Australian Open while already pregnant. She did not yet know it.
- Chris BoshBlood clots ended Chris Bosh's NBA career after two straight championships with Miami.
- Roger FedererOn the 15th of September 2022, Roger Federer announced that the Laver Cup would be his final event on the ATP Tour. His farewell was a three-set doubles loss, played beside his old rival Rafael Nadal against Jack Sock and Frances Tiafoe.…
- RonaldinhoRonaldinho scored his first La Liga goal for Barcelona at 1.30 in the morning on the 3rd of September 2003. The match against Sevilla had kicked off at five minutes past midnight. He took a pass from his own goalkeeper inside his own half,…
- Rafael NadalRafael Nadal turned 19 on the 3rd of June 2005, and he spent the day beating Roger Federer in the semi-final of the French Open. Federer lost to only four players during that entire year. Nadal was one of them. Nadal had been born in 1986…
- Novak DjokovicNovak Djokovic walked onto the courts of Roland Garros on the 4th of August 2024 needing one prize his collection lacked, an Olympic gold medal. Across the net in the final stood Carlos Alcaraz. Neither man was broken on serve through two…
- Becky HammonBecky Hammon went to Spurs practices on a knee injury and left as a coach.
- Shawn Johnson EastShawn Johnson East, an American gymnast born in 1992, reached the national team largely because her coach mailed a videotape in 2005. Liang Chow sent it to Marta Karolyi, the National Team Coordinator, with a single line attached: "I…