Sports Facts

    Random Sports Facts

    There are 40 Sports Facts!

    At 120 miles per hour, a Formula One car generates so much downforce that it can drive upside down on the roof of a tunnel.
    91
    Pittsburgh is the only city where all major sports teams have the same colors: Black and gold.
    113
    The first baseball caps were made of straw.
    226
    People in nudist colonies play volleyball more than any other sport.
    67
    The Stanley Cup originally was only seven and a half inches high.
    41
    Babe Ruth wore No. 3 because he batted third.
    45
    Yao Ming's Father Was the Tallest Man in China, Mother Was Tallest Female Basketball Player
    The Chinese government "encouraged" the country's tallest female basketball player to marry the country's tallest man. Their child was Yao Ming.
    24
    In 1998, Serena and Venus Williams said they could beat any man ranked 200 or worse in a game of tennis. Karsten Braasch, ranked 203, accepted the challenge and easily beat them, 6-1, 6-2.
    16