It’s been 5 months since Lebron’s decision to take his talents, entourage and bank account to South Beach. After a rocky 9-8 start, the Miami Heat have settled down and won their last nine games in a row. The King is slowly finding his court after recently finding his palace. A $9 million, 12,178 square-foot…
TALLEST. CLIMBING WALL. EVER. Photograph by Eric Kieboom Location: Klimcentrum Bjoeks, Groningen, the Netherlands From the photographer: Our country is as flat as a pancake, we have no mountains nor rocks to climb. So we need to be inventive if we want to practice climbing. This tower is a steel and wood construction, 37 metres…
FORE! Photograph by Mark Pain This is the moment when Mail on Sunday photographer Mark Pain found himself in the line of fire at the Ryder Cup – and for a brief moment brought the mighty Tiger Woods to a juddering halt. The American world No 1 was partnering Steve Stricker and attempting to chip…
Red Bull Illume is the world’s premier action and adventure sports photography competition. First conceived in 2007, the second iteration of this competition ended on August 31st 2010, with a grand ceremony at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. There were a total of 10 categories, with a grand prize winner in each. The photograph had…
CANNONBALL! Photograph by Romina AMATO/AFP/Getty Images Eber Pava of Colombia dives from the 26.5 meter (87 ft!) platform during round four of the 2010 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series in Polignano a Mare, Italy on August 8, 2010. via The Big Picture: Diving In Every day at 5pm the Sifter will post the picture…
LEAP OF FAITH Photograph by REUTERS/Joseba Etxaburu A “recortador” jumps over a bull during a contest at Pamplona’s bullring on the fifth day of the San Fermin festival, July 10, 2010. The nine-day annual festival which ended on July 14th has been held in Pamplona, Spain since 1951. via The Big Picture: The Festival of…
As if the game of golf wasn’t expensive enough, these ridiculous customized luxury golf carts take excess to another dimension! Costs typically range from $10,000 – $20,000, but it’s a small price to pay for guaranteed attention anywhere you go. Why stand out with your golf game when your cart can do all the…
COGNITIVE DISSONANCE Cognitive dissonance is an uncomfortable feeling caused by holding two contradictory ideas simultaneously. The theory of cognitive dissonance proposes that people have a motivational drive to reduce dissonance by changing their attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors, or by justifying or rationalizing them. It is one of the most influential and extensively studied theories in…
WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND? via Reddit Every day at 5pm the Sifter will post the picture of the day PLEASE CLICK HERE TO SEE ALL ‘PICTURES OF THE DAY’ GET FEATURED! SUBMIT A PHOTOGRAPH FOR THE PICTURE OF THE DAY!
GOOD NIGHT FRANCE Photograph by NASA Goddard Photo and Video After a disgraceful and embarrassing World Cup tournament, France left South Africa on a coach-class flight home. Read about their disastrous performance here. About the photograph: City Lights at Night along the France-Italy Border. The brightly lit metropolitan areas of Torino (Italy), Lyon, and Marseille…