Basketball Facts

Since the year 2000, the Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Cardinals have combined for an astounding 7 world series appearances.

The Chicago Bears have the most players in the NFL Hall of Fame with 26 players. The Green Bay Packers are second with 21 players.

The Detroit Lions and Chicago Bears started the tradition of playing football on Thanksgiving day back in 1934.

At 17, Kobe Bryant was the first guard to be drafted out of high school.

Hockey player Cam Neely starred in the comedy Dumb and Dumber as Seabass.

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In the 1980 Olympics, the USA team made of amateurs defeated the Soviet Union, a world powerhouse. This was known as the "Miracle on Ice".

The longest non-scoring play from scrimmage was a 98 yard pass play from Jim Hart to Bobby Moore in 1972. Moore was down at the 1 yard line.

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The Cubs have not won the World Series in 104 years, the longest championship drought of any major North American professional sports team.

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The NFL estimates that more than 100 children are conceived every year at tailgate parties in the Super Bowl parking lot.

In the six seasons with Babe Ruth, the Red Sox won three World Series titles. In the 107 seasons without him, they have won four.

Kobe Bryant, not Lebron James or Michael Jordan, is the NBA all-time leader in game winning shots.

Mark McGwire's record-setting 70 home runs in the 1998 season traveled a total of 29,598 feet, enough to fly over Mount Everest.

In 2008, LeBron James recorded back-to-back triple-doubles. He was the first player to do this since Magic Johnson 20 years earlier.

The Bears, Giants, Lions, Packers, Steelers and Browns are the only NFL teams without cheerleaders.

The smartest players on a football team are offensive linemen.

The most total points scored in an NBA game is 370 points in a game between the Denver Nuggets and the Detroit Pistons.