Sports Facts

Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.

Tug of War was an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920.

Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.

Left-handed people often exhibit an advantage in sports that demand quick reactions and spatial judgment, frequently due to tactical unpredictability and specific neurological factors.

When pitched, the average Major League baseball rotates 15 times before being hit.

Pittsburgh is the only city where all major sports teams share the same colors: black and gold.

Three consective strikes in bowling is called a turkey.

It takes about 3,000 cow hides to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs.

At 120 miles per hour, a Formula One car generates so much downforce that it can drive upside down on the roof of a tunnel.

People in nudist colonies play volleyball more than any other sport.

Kite flying is a professional sport in Thailand.

A 'face-off' in hockey was originally called a 'puck-off'.

The most popular sport as a topic for a film is boxing.

NASCAR teams use nitrogen instead of regular air to fill their tires because it maintains more consistent pressure under extreme heat.

Honey is used sometimes for antifreeze mixtures and in the center of golf balls.

In the 1930's, American track star Jesse Owens used to race against horses and dogs to earn a living.

Hockey player Jarome Iginla donates $2,000 to the children’s charity Kidsport for every goal he scores. Since 2000 it has added up to more than $700,000.

There is a growing sport in Berlin and London called Chess Boxing. Players alternate between a round of chess and a round of boxing until one is declared winner either by checkmate, KO, or technical stoppage.