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Boxing No Hitter

Fri, 22 Jul 2005 10:22:45 +0000

Roy Jones Jr. is the ONLY boxer in history since the use of CompuBox PunchSTAT to not take a single punch throughout an entire round. Roy Jones Jr. vs. Vinny Pazienza June 24, 1995 6th round.

Rodeo, World’s Greatest Sport!

Thu, 03 Mar 2005 01:53:17 +0000

There are more injuries in Pro Rodeo each year than all pro sports combined.

football names

Thu, 27 Jan 2005 22:17:47 +0000

The New England Patriots are the only NFL team to not have been named after a city or state.

gymnastics and football

Sun, 05 Dec 2004 07:16:52 +0000

If you stick a gymnast on a football field shell last the hole game. but if u stick a football player in gymnastics he wont even last 5 mins of a 5hour practice!

Babe Ruth

Sat, 21 Aug 2004 15:45:20 +0000

Babe Ruth led the American League in home runs twelve times.

Bowling

Sat, 10 Jan 2004 02:01:51 +0000

The LOWEST score a bowler can get with nine strikes in one game is…120. (The highest score a bowler can achieve with nine strikes is…278.)

BAAAAD spectator sport

Sat, 22 Nov 2003 02:02:27 +0000

A game played by the Mayans (I THINK, althought it may have been the Aztecs) was a REAL blood-sport. Players carried pointed sticks and whenever a point was scored, the player who scored the point could go to anyone in the stands and rob them of their clothes, money, and jewelry. If the person refused to hand it over… thus the reason for the pointed stick. If the played couldn’t catch someone from the stands, he could rob a fellow player. So, naturally, whenever a point was scored, the spectators up and left as fast as they could.

Tiger Woods Major Run

Thu, 17 Jul 2003 19:22:31 +0000

Tiger Woods is the only person to hold all four major championships at one time, although it did not happen in the calendar year. He also currently holds the scoring record for all four majors.

Yeehaw!

Sat, 28 Jun 2003 16:45:41 +0000

The national sport of Nauru, a small Pacific island, is lassoing flying birds.

Back and forth

Sat, 28 Jun 2003 16:33:52 +0000

When a male skier falls down, he tends to fall on his face. A woman skier tends to fall on her back.