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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.
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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.
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?
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!
We’ve previously talked about some unbeatable baseball records. Here’s a look at some equally daunting records from the NBA.
The road to the World Series has begun.
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. […]
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.
With college football season heating up once again, let’s take a look at two women that made history on the field.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
Welter just made history: She’s the NFL’s first female coach. Here are some quick facts about her.
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 […]
Now that you know all these surfer slang terms, the only thing stopping you from going surfing is the ability to surf.