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Parkour Anyone?
Parkour originates in France and has its roots in military training and physical education. Parkour is not a sport in the traditional sense. In fact, competitive Parkour has been campaigned against by leading figures in the Parkour arena as it goes against ...
Olympic Yachting
The first Olympic Yachting Regatta in Paris 1900 was only announced a matter of months before it was due to start and 42 boats competed. France swept the board, winning all three medals in the ½ tonne class.
Centennial World Record
At 101, Larry Lewis ran the 100 yard dash in 17.8 seconds setting a new world record for runners 100 years old or older.
Exterminators Not Allowed
At the Story Bridge Hotel in Kangaroo Point Queensland Australia, they hold a cockroach racing competition. The race starts with a bucket of roaches emptied into the middle of a race ring, and the first to reach the edge of the ring wins.
August 24, 1968
It's a sure sign that a baseball game isn't going well when a manager puts a position player on the mound, but on this day in 1968, somebody forgot to tell Yankee outfielder Rocky Colavito. He pitched 2 2/3 innings & beats Tigers 6-5 then played right field ...
Golfing Debt
Many Japanese golfers carry "hole-in-one" insurance, because it is traditional in Japan to share one's good luck by sending gifts to all your friends when you get an "ace." The price for what the Japanese term an "albatross" can often reach $10,000.
Par not on Target
Golf was banned in England in 1457 because it was considered a distraction from the serious pursuit of archery.
Biggest Fish Story
Ken Fraser caught the world’s biggest Atlantic Bluefin Tuna in Aulds Cove, Nova Scotia back on October 26, 1979. He landed the 1,496 pound fish in an impressive 45 minutes.
Game Called on Account of Wild Game
In 1936, a Sparrow stopped a game when a ball hit it in mid-flight, and killed it. The Sparrow is currently on display at Lord's Cricket Ground in London.
U.S. Netters Champs at Home
Playing on home soil always seems to bring out the best in most sportsmen and women, but in tennis the U.S. Open has been a story of almost total domination for the United States. In fact, since it was first staged in 1881, there have only been six years ...
0-Mother's Love
Tennis facts trivia reports that the youngest Wimbledon Women’s Champion of the previous century was Martina Hingis. At the end of the 1999 French Open, Martina stormed off the court and was later returned by her mother.
Perfect Throws
The fewest number of darts to throw a perfect game of 501 is nine. John Lowe first achieved this feat on television in the 1984 World Matchplay championships. He hit triple 20 six times in a row, followed by triple 17, triple 18 and double 18.
Presidential Top Secret Games
During the 1800s, Billiards was illegal in Virginia. Thomas Jefferson built his home to conceal a billiards room so he could play without worry of prosecution.
Everybody Wong Cards Tonight
Stanford Wong, known for his strategy of playing only when the table’s odds were favorable to him by counting cards at a distance. The strategy was nicknamed Wonging, which is banned from most casinos. Card counters have a 1% advantage over the house.
Is it a real Birdie?
1618 saw the creation of the Featherie golf ball. These balls were made by stuffing wet feathers into a leather sphere and then the sphere was sewn shut. Next, these balls were painted. The balls were very expensive so the common people could not afford them ...
Canadians Know Their Hockey
Almost 1.7% of Canada's population is a registered hockey player, giving them 572,411 players, which is over a third of the world's registered hockey players.
Longest Court Session
The longest marathon playing basketball, with the final scores logged at 9900-8169 was played in July 1-5 2010 in Hungary. The game was played for a straight 107 hours where no rest breaks were taken.
Honor Bound
When a Sports Illustrated reporter asked USA goalkeeper, Briana Scurry, what she would do if the US won gold in the 1996 Olympics, she replied that she would run naked through the streets of Athens, Georgia, where the final was played. Well, the US won, and ...
World Series Triple Threat
Don Baylor was a world-class manager and a very good player for a number of teams. Baylor made the World Series three times in his career, and they just happened to be consecutively, in 1986 (Red Sox), 1987 (Twins), and 1988 (Athletics). Only the Twins won ...
UFC 1
The UFC is everywhere these days, but it has been only 20 years since UFC 1 brought mixed martial arts into the public eye. In that first event, Brazilian Royce Gracie defeated a much larger and stronger Ken Shamrock, a professional wrestler of some note in ...
August 8th, 1988
The Chicago Cubs are famous for playing a lot of day games, but before this day in 1988, day games were the only ones played at Wrigley Field. Night games had been around for more than 60 years when the Cubs met the Philadelphia Phillies in the first night ...
Changing Teams!
When former New York Giants and Green Bay Packers tackle Cal Hubbard was done playing football, he turned to baseball. Not as a player, but as an official!
Pasture Puck
The first puck ever used in a hockey game was a frozen cow pattie.
America's Team and Coach
Dallas Cowboys coach Tom Landry was the first coach to ever win 100 games with one team in one decade.
Top 5 Most Dangerous Sports
5. Baseball - 763,00 reported injuries 4. Skateboarding - The whole point is to do dangerous stuff! 3. Cycling (most likely to get killed next to motorsports) 2. Basketball - 2,560,00 injuries reported in 2012 1. Football - King of head injuries with 274,455 ...