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How is Ice Made - Sports Trivia

Sports Trivia: How to Make Ice

Uncle John’s always wondered: How on Earth can they play hockey in Miami? Here is some sports trivia to help kick off hockey season.

Impossible Questions

Impossible Questions: The Never-ending Season

Think you know the answer to this question? Think you can get it? Good luck…and come back tomorrow to see if you’re right. What’s the most games played in an NBA season?

Cardinals 100 Wins

The Curse of Winning 100 Games

The St. Louis Cardinals won 100 games this season, the most of any team in baseball…but they were eliminated in the National League Divisional Series. Why? So few teams win 100 games, and the World Series, that a curse must be afoot!

Wilt Chamberlain

3 Basketball Records That Probably Won’t Be Broken Anytime Soon

We’ve previously talked about some unbeatable baseball records. Here’s a look at some equally daunting records from the NBA.

2015 World Series

5 Strange Facts About the Major League Baseball Postseason

The road to the World Series has begun.

Baseball Cards

6 Terrible Baseball Card Mistakes

Did you collect baseball cards when you were a kid? If so, did you notice these really bad errors that somehow got past the editors? In 1989, Bill Ripken (younger brother of Cal Ripken, Jr.) was a rookie with the Baltimore Orioles and Fleer produced a card of him in its set for the year. […]

Burger King

$occer Jersey$

Like NASCAR drivers in the U.S., soccer teams, or “football clubs” in the rest of the world, wear jerseys adorned with advertisements for their sponsors, which could be a shoe maker, a brewery, an airline, or something weirder…like one of these.

Katie Hnida

Women of the Gridiron

With college football season heating up once again, let’s take a look at two women that made history on the field.

Sports Trivia: Different Types of Martial Arts

There are numerous different forms of martial arts, and they come from all over Asia, including Japan, China, and Korea. Some, like karate and jujitsu, are on the martial end of the spectrum; others, like tai chi, are more, well, arty. This week’s sports trivia takes a look at some of the most popular forms.

Sammy Sosa

Record Breakers In Any Other Year

Good news: you’re one of the greatest athletes of all time! Bad news: you peaked in the same year as someone just a little bit better.

Rock Island Independents Team Photo 1919

The 4 Smallest Cities to Ever Have a Professional Sports Team

In the early days of pro football, the NFL and other precursor leagues were a regional phenomenon, limited mostly to the East Coast. and upper Midwest. Result: Unlike today, where teams are based in big cities where big fanbases live, teams back then were based in very, very small towns.

Sports Teams Move

5 Sports Team Moves That Didn’t Happen

Sports franchises move all the time: the Oakland Raiders went to Los Angeles for a few years, and the L.A. Dodgers once played in Brooklyn. The following were never meant to be.

Wrestling Lingo Sports Trivia

Sports Trivia: Wrestling Lingo

Can’t get enough pro wrestling? Well, if you want to sound like a “real” pro, you have to know the special lingo. Here’s a sample.

Cool History Facts About Hula Hoops

Cool History Facts About Hula Hoops

The hula hoop was a pioneer, the first major fad created and fueled by a new power in America—TV ads. Here are some cool history facts about hula hoops that you may not know.

Fencing Death of Vladimir Smirnov

The Tragic Fencing Death of Vladimir Smirnov

If it seems like a sport that’s just two people sticking swords at each other could result in death…it absolutely could. And did.

Jen Welter is the first female coach in the NFL

6 Quick Facts About NFL’s First Female Coach: Jen Welter

Welter just made history: She’s the NFL’s first female coach. Here are some quick facts about her.

Wanamaker Trophy

4 Major Sports Trophies, and the People They’re Named After

It’s a big deal for a basketball player to win the Larry O’Brien Trophy…but who’s Larry O’Brien anyway? The Larry O’Brien NBA Championship Trophy The winning team of the NBA Finals receives this award, a two-foot-tall, 14.5-pound sterling silver basketball on a stand, covered in gold overlay. O’Brien was the NBA commissioner from 1975 to […]

How to Surf

Some Sweet Surfing Slang

Now that you know all these surfer slang terms, the only thing stopping you from going surfing is the ability to surf.

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