Kobe Bryant was named after a steak.
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Pittsburgh is the only city where all major sports teams have the same colors: Black and gold.
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When pitched, the average Major League baseball rotates 15 times before being hit.
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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 basketball court on the top floor of the U.S. Supreme Court Building. It’s known as the “highest court in the land.”
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There is a growing sport in Berlin and London called Chess Boxing. Players alternate between a round of chess and a round of boxing until one is declared winner either by checkmate, KO, or technical stoppage.
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People in nudist colonies play volleyball more than any other sport.
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The first baseball caps were made of straw.
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