Author: Matt Blitz

Matt Blitz is a writer based out of Los Angeles who's written for Atlas Obscura, CNN, Untapped Cities, and Today I Found Out. He's currently the head of Obscura Society LA. He does laundry on a regular basis. You can follow him on Twitter @whyblitz.
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08/06/2014

Stolen Gold

At the 2000 Paralympic Games, the Spanish intellectually disabled basketball team won gold. There was one problem: 10 of the team’s 12 players had no disability.

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06/19/2014

The Indomitable Lions

In 1990, in one of the World Cup's best underdog stories, Cameroon became the first African nation to advance to the quarterfinals. But their legacy, and history, is much more complicated than that.

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05/12/2014

A Short Flight

The Seattle Pilots were short-lived, but their story is one of baseball's, and America's, westward expansion.

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