Women in sports: Here are the stories of a few who attempted to join in men's sports and how far they got. Manon Rhéaume Rhéaume was one of the best goalies in Canadian minor league hockey in the late 1980s. The Trois-Rivieres Draveurs, a Quebec ...
October 2013
A look at the teams in major sports that probably won’t be playing for the league title this year… TEAM: Detroit Lions LOSING STREAK: This team is a perpetual cellar-dweller. The Lions have made the playoffs just twice in the last 15 years. I...
Hockey Stars and Their Other Jobs
So Tim Horton founded Canada’s most successful franchise. Big deal—did he ever record a disco album? Here are some hockey palyers and their other jobs from the brand-new Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Weird Canada. WAYNE GRETZKY. In 1991, NBC TV b...
To celebrate the launch of a new NFL season, here is a sneak peek into our newest title with a sports-themed story about team name changes throughout history. Story will soon appear in Uncle John's Perpetually Pleasing Bathroom Reader. Name C...
Weird Invention: The Hovercraft Golf Cart
The new golf carts at a course in Ohio are a bit different than the old ones—for one thing, they fly. Most golfers dread hitting a water hazard, or hate to maneuver their golf carts around sand traps and other obstacles. But not the golfers at the ...
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