In 1910 football teams were penalized 15 yards for an incompleted forward pass.
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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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The first baseball caps were made of straw.
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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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Cheetahs were raced at Romford greyhound stadium in 1937!
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During WWII, because a lot of players were called to duty, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles combined to become The Steagles.
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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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Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain never fouled out of a game.
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