Quick Facts About Super Bowl Commercials
Admit it: You only watch the game for the ads. Here are some facts about Super Bowl commercials. • Since 1989, USA Today’s Super Bowl Ad Meter has tracked which of the game’s commercials most resonated with viewers. Once done with focus groups...
4 Tales of Winter Olympics Almost-Glory
The 2014 Winter Olympics are just around the corner. They’re sure to offer plenty of triumphs, but for every Brian Boitano, there’s a Tonya Harding. Here are some other spectacular Olympic duds.
10 Quick Facts About the Harlem Globetrotters
Stuff you didn’t know about the world’s most famous basketball team. • In late 1926, Abe Saperstein took over as coach of a touring African-American team in Chicago called the Savoy Big Five (they played their games at the Savoy Ballroom). Sap...
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Tallest, Shortest, Biggest, Smallest, Youngest, Oldest: NFL Trivia
More sports statistical anomalies, this time for football. Tallest: Being taller than 7’0” is routine in the NBA. In the NFL, there’s only been one man. Seven-foot-tall defensive tackle Richard Sligh was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in 1967. ...
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Tallest, Shortest, Biggest, Smallest, Youngest, Oldest: NBA Trivia
The new NBA season has begun, so here’s a statistical survey of sports sizes. Tallest: Romanian-born Gheorghe Muresan center, at 7’7”. He came to the NBA after playing professionally in France. Drafted by the Washington Bullets in 1993, he aver...
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