The practice of identifying baseball players by number was started by the Yankees in 1929.
64
Lars Andersen has rediscovered an ancient form of archery that allows him to shoot 10 arrows in 4.9 seconds, while it takes others 13-35 seconds. He is even faster than the fictional archer Legolas in the Lord of the Rings series.
17
The average life span of a major league baseball is 5-7 pitches.
114
Boxer Wladimir Klitshko auctioned his Olympic gold medal to raise money for underprivileged Ukrainian children. He raised $1,000,000. The buyer immediately returned the medal to Wladimir as he wanted it to remain in the Klitschko family.
4
At horse race tracks, the favorite wins fewer than 30% of the time!
29
Left-handed people are better at sports that require good spatial judgment and fast reaction, compared to right-handed individuals.
94
During WWII, because a lot of players were called to duty, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles combined to become The Steagles.
113
Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
433