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Taylor Swift, Kenny Chesney Have Highest-Grossing Country Tours of 2011

Amy Sciarretto — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 02:00:50 +0000

Another year in the concert industry has closed and is in the books, and the results are out. Taylor Swift and Kenny Chesney enjoyed the highest-grossing tours in country music in 2011. Swift placed second overall on concert trade Pollstar‘s list of top tours of North America, raking in a whopping gross of $97.7 million [...]

RecordSetter Picks Their 15 Best and Craziest World Records of 2011 [VIDEOS]

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:03:43 +0000

Thanks to the website RecordSetter, which allows folks to invent a world record in anything, many a wacky record was set and/or broken in 2011.

Some of our favorite RecordSetter marks this year include the record for two girls slapping each other with pizza, the record for most time spent simultaneously juggling, eating and balancing on “rola bola” and the man who set a world record for most quarters shoved up his nose.

Everything You Need to Know About Sports in 2011

Wes Glinsmann — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 15:56:08 +0000

Chris Trotman/Jamie Squire/Rob Carr/Christof Koepsel/Mike Ehrmann, Getty Images

2011 was a wild year in the world of sports. Sadly, much of the drama occurred off the field and left many of us vainly searching for an answer to the question, “How could they have let this happen?” But fortunately, there were also a lot of great team and individual accomplishments to be enjoyed this year. GuySpeed look

Mother Nature's Top 10 Freakout Moments of 2011

Kathy Landin — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 13:45:56 +0000

Every year, Mother Nature likes to remind us who’s the boss and 2011 was no different. In fact, it was the second most expensive year on record for insurers, costing $108 billion. Here’s a look back at the 10 most memorable natural disasters of 2011 in chronological order.

Taylor Swift Is Taking In Awards Hand Over Foot!

Joe Cayden — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 04:16:44 +0000