The practice of identifying baseball players by number was started by the Yankees in 1929.
64
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
Kobe Bryant was named after a steak.
26
Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain never fouled out of a game.
90
Cheetahs were raced at Romford greyhound stadium in 1937!
60
Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
433
Babe Ruth wore No. 3 because he batted third.
45
It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs.
73