But long before netball became an elite game, it gave women the freedom to play sport at a time when that was frowned upon. When the fledgling game of basketball was just beginning to gain ...

In the Cold War world, the wedgie was also a sure way to build up sympathy for the plucky screen heroes in comedies such as 1984's Revenge of the Nerds and in 1985's Just One of the Guys. Craig ...