Sports

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  • A game of pool is referred to as a "frame."


  • The Kentucky Derby is the oldest continually held sports event in the United States (1875); the second oldest is the Westminister Kennel Club Dog Show (1876.)


  • The pitches that Babe Ruth hit for his last-ever homerun and that Joe DiMaggio hit for his first-ever homerun where thrown by the same man.


  • Steve Young, the San Francisco 49ers quarterback, is the great-great-grandson of Mormon leader Brigham Young.


  • No NFL team which plays its home games in a domed stadium has ever won a Superbowl.


  • The forward pass was created by the football team at Saint Louis University.


  • The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat", which means "the king is dead".


  • The 1957 Milwaukee Braves were the first baseball team to win the World Series after being relocated.


  • The silhouette on the NBA logo is Jerry West.


  • The silhouette on the Major League Baseball logo is Harmon Killebrew.


  • Since 1896, the beginning of the modern Olympics, only Greece and Australia have participated in every Games.


  • Cathy Rigby is the only woman to pose nude for Sports Illustrated. (August 1972)


  • Will Clark of the Texas Rangers is a direct descendant of William Clark of Lewis and Clark.


  • The last NASCAR driver to serve jail time for running moonshine was Buddy Arrington.


  • Gatorade was named for the University of Florida Gators where it was first developed.


  • Top English soccer club Liverpool were formed because their local enemies, Everton, couldn't pay the rent for their stadium. Therefore Liverpool took over at the stadium (Anfield) and became England's top soccer team ever.