Curated playlist
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Kevin DurantKevin Durant wore number 35 to honor his murdered youth coach. Charles Craig was 35 when he died.
- 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.
- Kevin LoveKevin Love grabbed 31 rebounds in one game in November 2010. It set a Timberwolves record.
- Maria SharapovaMaria Sharapova won Wimbledon in 2004 at 17, beating top seed Serena Williams.
- Serena WilliamsSerena Williams won the 2017 Australian Open while already pregnant. She did not yet know it.
- NeymarOn the 3rd of August 2017, Neymar joined Paris Saint-Germain in a transfer worth 222 million euros, the most expensive in football history. Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior was born on the 5th of February 1992, and the world knows him by one…
- 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.…
- Anthony JoshuaAnthony Joshua was already heading for the exit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on the 20th of August 2022 when he stopped and turned around. The British heavyweight had just lost a split decision to Oleksandr Usyk. Moments before, he had tossed…
- Andrei KirilenkoAndrei Kirilenko's nickname, AK-47, came from the city where the rifle was first made. He was born there in 1981.
- Oleksandr UsykOleksandr Usyk stood in heavy rain at Wembley Stadium on the 19th of July 2025, with around 90,000 people packed in to watch him. The Ukrainian professional boxer was thirty-eight years old. Before the fight, he was asked whether his…