The practice of identifying baseball players by number was started by the Yankees in 1929.
64
Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
433
In 1910 football teams were penalized 15 yards for an incompleted forward pass.
63
There is a basketball court on the top floor of the U.S. Supreme Court Building. It’s known as the “highest court in the land.”
24
There is a sport called Banzai Skydiving. You throw the parachute out of the airplane first and then jump after it.
17
People in nudist colonies play volleyball more than any other sport.
67
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
Left-handed people are better at sports that require good spatial judgment and fast reaction, compared to right-handed individuals.
94