Back Home Again in Indiana(polis 500)
May 21, 2021
Today we’re going “indy” with these interesting facts about auto-racing’s annual Memorial Day weekend event, the Indianapolis 500. Perhaps the Indy 500 is so big because it’s contested in a place that is literally huge. You could fit...
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Baseball Records That Probably Won’t Fall This Year (Or Ever)
April 27, 2021
A few Major League Baseball season is underway, and all the excitement of the national pastime has returned to stadiums around the country. Something that probably won’t happen between now and the World Series: these records getting broken. ...
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Odds, Ends, and Interesting Numbers About March Madness
March 29, 2021
The NCAA basketball tournaments are all about the numbers — Sweet 16s, Elite 8s, Final Fours, “One Shining Moment” and more. Here are some facts and figures regarding March Madness, past and present. UNLIKELY FINAL FOUR TEAMS
Lowest seed...
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One-Sport Athletes Who Tried to be Two-Sport Athletes
March 4, 2021
Sure, Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders both played pro baseball and pro football, and simultaneously at that. But several other professional jocks who had what it took to make it one big league couldn’t quite cut it in another.
Michael Jordan, ...
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A Few of the Biggest Collapses in Football History
February 1, 2021
As the NFL playoffs end and the Super Bowl is just around the corner, a few teams and players are bound to make sports history and achieve gridiron glory. That’s the opposite of what happened with these teams, who lost the magic at the worst pos...
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