Sports Trivia

Until 1859, baseball umpires were ...
Until 1859, baseball umpires were comfortably seated in padded rocking chairs behind home plate. It...

Pete Rose was the first MLB player to ...
Pete Rose was the first MLB player to play 500 games at five different positions.

University of Chicago student Jay ...
University of Chicago student Jay Berwanger was the first pick in the first NFL draft ever, in 1935...

The Davey O'Brien award is given to the ...
The Davey O'Brien award is given to the best collegiate quarterback. O'Brien was inducted into the ...

The 1998 Kansas City Chiefs were ...
The 1998 Kansas City Chiefs were penalized 1,274 yards during the season, a professional record.

Basketball icon Michael Jordan was ...
Basketball icon Michael Jordan was dropped from his high school basketball team (Laney High School,...

When legendary basketball coach Red ...
When legendary basketball coach Red Auerbach had season tickets to George Washington U's games, his...

The youngest pitcher in Major League ...
The youngest pitcher in Major League Baseball was Joe Nuxhall. He pitched for the Cincinnati Reds i...

The largest swimming pool in the world ...
The largest swimming pool in the world is the San Alfonso del Mar in Chile. This pool contains an i...