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How to do an overhead sweep for BJJ, especially starting in De La Riva guard or closed guard.

Many great female tennis players have graced the courts over the years. Ever wonder who the best of the best is? Here is my list of the top 10 female tennis players of all-time.

Baseball is America's pastime, and hitting a round ball with a round bat is extremely difficult. Hitting a round ball with a round bat when the ball is travelling 100 miles per hour is harder still.

Only 14 players have ever won baseball's batting Triple Crown, leading the league in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in. All 11 20th century winners are in the Hall of Fame. In 2012, Miguel Cabrera joined the exclusive Triple Crown club.

A lot of great tennis players have come and gone over the years. Ever wonder who is considered the greatest of all time? Here is my list of the top ten greatest men's tennis players of all time.

Fighting systems are often used for entertainment and extreme, combat situations. The number of disciplines is as large as the various societies they come from. There is opportunity here that many tools don't offer.

Baseball has declined in popularity and that will have a long lasting effect on the culture at large. Years from now a young child will ask, "Grandpa, what was baseball?"

Three mainstays of Aikido weapons training are the Jo staff, Tanto knife and Bokken sword. Join me as we take a look at all three.

Volleyball in the U.S. is growing in popularity. This article will highlight the positives of adding a men's program.

From telling the WWE Universe to "Get Rowdy" to asking them "What's Up", R-Truth has cemented himself as one of the most entertaining superstars we've ever seen. Here are the ways that Truth has left us all smiling each time we watched him!

Michael Jordan stats, accolades, and achievements that portray his career accurately. Quick read, all numbers and no opinion, strictly objective.

The fact that wrestling isn't a competitive sport means that, sometimes, we wind up with champions who really, really shouldn't be champions.

A quick tutorial on how to finish the armbar (from the "armbar finish position") using the "pocket grip."

Monster trucks, ancient supernatural creatures, and Hulk Hogan beating up nearly everyone in WCW by himself...this show had it all!

WWE has run some cartoonish storylines over the years, but few can top the time the Undertaker died and flew to the heavens after losing to Yokozuna at Royal Rumble 1994.

Billions are spend building brand new state-of-the-art venues for the Olympics. But what happens after the games leave? A sad trend these days is to simply abandon them to decay and rot.