Sports Facts

    Random Sports Facts

    There are 40 Sports Facts!

    From a complete stop, a human is capable of outrunning a Formula One Racecar for about 30 feet!
    91
    The first baseball caps were made of straw.
    226
    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
    When pitched, the average Major League baseball rotates 15 times before being hit.
    113
    At horse race tracks, the favorite wins fewer than 30% of the time!
    29
    Kobe Bryant was named after a steak.
    26
    In 1910 football teams were penalized 15 yards for an incompleted forward pass.
    63
    The practice of identifying baseball players by number was started by the Yankees in 1929.
    64