Sports & Games

NIAGARA FALLS, 7 February 2026 (Atlas)  — There are 660 stairs inside the Skylon Tower of Niagara Falls in Ontario, Canada. They rise in a narrow spine of concrete and steel above the roar of the falls, indifferent to weather, history, charity, or applause. They existed long before Troy Alston arrived, and they will remain long after his breath returned to normal. In April of 2017, Troy Alston entered this vertical corridor with a single intention: to move upward faster than

PHILADELPHIA, 24 January 2026 (Atlas) — The human body is an unreliable narrator. It conceals its most serious intentions until the moment it can no longer do so. For Michelle Houston , the first betrayal came without ceremony. A rupture. A sudden hemorrhage inside the brain—violent, indifferent, and statistically unforgiving. Medical literature tells us that only half of those who experience a ruptured brain aneurysm survive . The number is blunt. It offers no comfort. It

PETAH TIKVA, 10 January 2026 (Atlas) — There are brief intervals of time that expose the truth of the human body. Thirty seconds is one of them. It is long enough for fatigue to announce itself, yet short enough that illusion cannot survive. On December 22, 2025, in Petah Tikva, Ariel Eizenthal entered such an interval. Parallel bars are indifferent structures. They do not respond to effort, nor do they acknowledge intent. They exist only to resist. Each descent demands subm

KIEV, 21 October 2025 (Atlas) — There are moments when human movement transcends mere sport and transforms into something akin to ritual. It’s not about celebration or entertainment; it’s a quiet confrontation between discipline and chaos. On October 21, 2025 , in Kiev , Alexey Chugaev stepped into such a moment. Before him lay silence, space, and three lengths of wood bound by chain. The triple nunchaku is not an instrument that forgives hesitation. It multiplies error and

ST. THOMAS, US Virgin Islands, 29 November 2025 (Atlas) — The LSU Tigers carved a feat that feels almost mythic. On a small island court in St. Thomas, untouched by the grand arenas of the mainland, they summoned an eighth consecutive storm of points—an avalanche of 112, while surrendering only 35 to Washington State. To witness this LSU team is to observe a force that has slipped the bonds of normal sport. Their scoring is not merely prolific; it is merciless, cascading wit

GAINESVILLE, 6 November 2025 (Atlas)   — In the fluorescent hush of an American gymnasium, beneath banners that celebrate victories already consigned to dust, a young man steps across the painted boundary and becomes a measurement against the sky. The crowd has paid to see points, spectacle, the commerce of triumph — but they rise instead to greet a phenomenon of human architecture, a question posed to gravity itself. Olivier Rioux , listed at seven feet nine inches, enters a

GREENVILLE , 27 October 2025 (Atlas) --- In the thin light of early morning, a motorcycle engine turned over like a heartbeat against the hush of an entire continent. For eleven days and nearly thirteen thousand miles, Wendy Crockett rode through the geometry of distance itself — the deserts of Arizona, the Appalachian spine, the endless gray interstates where thought gives way to instinct. The Iron Butt Rally is no race; it is a pilgrimage of endurance. Riders chase points

NEW YORK, 23 October 2025 (Atlas) — It began on October 3, 1956 , at Yankee Stadium  — the Bronx trembling with October noise beneath the smoke of a thousand cigars. Hank Bauer , square-jawed veteran of the Pacific War, stepped to the plate against the Brooklyn Dodgers . The first pitch cracked through the night air, and with one swing he began a conversation that would last seventeen games  and produce twenty-four hits . While others were anointed as legends, Bauer worked in

Record Holder Name: Minnesota Throwdown Demolition Derby (organized by Mike Tix) FARMINGTON, 4 October 2025 (Atlas) --- In the pale dust of the Dakota County Fairgrounds, 161 cars collided in a single, unrelenting ballet of destruction. This spectacle shattered the previous world record of 125, once held in Canada. It was called the Minnesota Throwdown , and like so many great American inventions, it was equal parts triumph and absurdity. Organizer Mike Tix , trembling with

Update (3 November 2025): On November 2, 2025, Jacksonville Jaguars kicker Cam Little connected on a 68-yard field goal during an NFL game against the Las Vegas Raiders, as reported by ESPN’s Adam Schefter. While this latest kick set an official NFL in-game record, it does not surpass his previously certified 70-yard preseason field goal verified by Atlas World Records earlier this year. The 68-yard make further reinforces Little’s position as one of the most powerful legs in