Cold Takes 007 | The World's Deadliest Sport Is Back

This week on a tiny island off the Irish coast motorcycle racers will literally risk life & limb at The Isle of Man TT. The course is 37 miles of country roads, stone walls, and house fronts all taken at insane speeds with riders regularly hitting 200 mph. More than 280 people have died racing here since 1907 and it just kicked off its 2026 edition with a rider crashing into a crowd of spectators on day one. This documentary goes inside the world's most lethal race.

Grizzlies were officially extinct in Colorado when a 400-pound one charged Ed Wiseman from 30 yards with no warning. It bit clean through his shoulder. His only weapon was a loose arrow in the dirt. This first-person account is well worth the read. Read the full story.

The U.S. government is sitting on 8,133 tonnes of gold — still valued at 1973 prices. Trump is reportedly preparing an executive order that corrects that overnight. The last time Washington made a move like this, one asset gained 2,300% in under a decade. The people who saw it coming changed their financial lives forever. Here's what Trump's executive order could actually do to gold prices. This isn't tariffs. It's not the border. It's the biggest potential wealth transfer most living Americans have ever seen — and the playbook to get ahead of it is the same one the ultra-wealthy have always used. See how to position yourself before Trump signs.

Forbes has released their top "4 modern classics to try". All four are still in production and all four have origin stories worth knowing. But worthy of making the Mount Rushmore of Craft Beer? We'll let you decide for yourself on that one. Here's the full breakdown.

The World Cup lands on American soil this summer for the first time in over 30 years — and most fans have no idea how the country got here. Forbes has put together four documentaries that tell the whole story. The centrepiece is VICE TV's "Soccer's American Dream" — a six-part series that starts with the U.S. barely qualifying for the 1990 World Cup after a 40-year drought and tracks the rise all the way through to 2026. Landon Donovan and David Beckham both feature. There's the untold story of how Title IX created the most dominant women's team in history. Failed leagues, financial disasters, and the birth of MLS. If you're watching this summer, this is your homework. Get the full list.

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