Kobe Bryant was named after a steak.
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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.
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It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs.
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Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
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There is a sport called Banzai Skydiving. You throw the parachute out of the airplane first and then jump after it.
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The first baseball caps were made of straw.
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The Stanley Cup originally was only seven and a half inches high.
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Prior to 1900, prize fights lasted up to 100 rounds.
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