The modern sports world is overflowing with data. We have advanced metrics, split stats, historical comparisons, and real-time analysis at our fingertips. And yet, despite all that information, misconceptions and myths still spread like wildfire. Some of them become so widely accepted…
Over the past decade, the July 4th and post–July 4th stretch has become one of the most important recruiting periods in college football. It now rivals signing day and early December in terms of decisions, movement, and long-term implications. Just this past…
“Muse, tell me how he wandered and was lost when he had wrecked the holy town of Troy, and where he went, and who he met.” — Homer, The Odyssey
“My name is Noman. My family and friends all call me…
A Room Full of Futures and One Unusual Truth
On a warm and windy spring day in May of 1971, more than a hundred of Missouri’s top high school athletes gathered in a conference room at a downtown St. Louis hotel. They…
In 1997, Terrell Davis was playing the best football of his life. A product of Long Beach State and the University of Georgia, Davis was in his third NFL season and delivering the most dominant stretch of his career. After a breakout…
At The Fringe, we love exploring the odd and overlooked corners of sports history. The moments that do not make highlight reels but live on through trivia questions, Reddit threads, and scorekeepers' nightmares.
This article is a tribute to those moments. We…
The Fringe is where forgotten legends, overlooked performances, and unexplainable moments live. It’s the corner of the sports world where the spotlight rarely reaches, but the stories hit hardest. From misused playmakers and untold stories to questionable decisions, forgotten games, and what-ifs that…
This is the first article in our new series called The Fringe. The Fringe is where forgotten legends, overlooked performances, and unexplainable moments live. It’s the corner of the sports world where the spotlight rarely reaches, but the stories hit hardest. From…
