Sports Facts

    Random Sports Facts

    There are 40 Sports Facts!

    Hockey player Jarome Iginla donates $2,000 to the children’s charity Kidsport for every goal he scores. Since 2000 it has added up to more than $700,000.
    12
    Maryland's State Sport
    Maryland's State Sport
    The state sport of Maryland is Jousting.
    84
    When pitched, the average Major League baseball rotates 15 times before being hit.
    113
    Cheetahs were raced at Romford greyhound stadium in 1937!
    60
    Longest Marathon Time
    Longest Marathon Time
    At the 1912 Olympics, a marathon runner quit and went home to Japan without telling officials and was considered a missing person in Sweden for 50 years. In 1966, he was invited to complete the marathon. His time: 54 years, 8 months, 6 days, 5 hours, 32 minutes and 20.379 seconds.
    59
    No high jumper has ever been able to stay off the ground for more than one second.
    78
    At horse race tracks, the favorite wins fewer than 30% of the time!
    29
    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