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
The practice of identifying baseball players by number was started by the Yankees in 1929.
64
When pitched, the average Major League baseball rotates 15 times before being hit.
113
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
Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
433
Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain never fouled out of a game.
90
A 'face-off' in hockey was originally called a 'puck-off'.
70
Lars Andersen has rediscovered an ancient form of archery that allows him to shoot 10 arrows in 4.9 seconds, while it takes others 13-35 seconds. He is even faster than the fictional archer Legolas in the Lord of the Rings series.
17