25 amazing facts on sports

1. Golf the only sport played on the moon – on 6 February 1971 Alan Shepard hit a golf ball.
2. In the National Hockey League, home teams wear white jerseys and visiting teams wear dark jerseys. That’s because back in the 1960s, the league figured it would be more difficult to keep white uniforms clean while players were on the road.
3. About 42,000 tennis balls are used in the plus-minus 650 matches in the Wimbledon Championship.
4. The first puck ever used in a hockey game was a frozen piece of cow crap.
5. The New York Yankees have won 26 World Series titles, which is more than any other team.
6. Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia are building a 27-hole golf course on the border between the three countries, with nine holes in each country. Much of the area proposed for the golf course is currently a minefield.
7. Yo-Yo was started as a weapon in the Philippine Islands in the 16th century. It weighed four pounds and had a 20 foot cord. It was introduced to the United States as a toy in 1929.
8. The Olympic Flame is a symbol of the fire stolen from the Greek God Zeus. Months before the opening ceremony of the Olympic games the torch is lit at the ancient site of the Olympics in Olympia. A ceremony is performed by Eleven women called priestesses in which the torch is lit by a parabolic mirror which concentrates the rays of the sun.
9. The big black tarps that cover the middle field seats in baseball, are so the batter can see the ball better. When people sat in those seats it was too hard for the batters to see the ball coming out of the pitchers hand. The back ground was too busy. The tarp fixed it.
10. Fishing is the biggest participant sport in the world.
11. It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year’s supply of footballs.
12. Before 1859, umpires sat in a padded rocking chair behind the catcher
13. More than 1,800 medals are awarded at the Olympics.
14. Soccer is the most attended or watched sport in the world.
15. American football has the highest injury rate of any sport, with a rate 12 times higher than basketball, the next most injurious sport. Most NFL players eventually suffer a career-ending or career-shortening injury sometime in their career.
16. The Boston Celtics have won the most NBA championships (17), including seven straight from 1960 to 1966.
17. Average lifespan of a major league baseball: 5 pitches.
18. Boxing became a legal sport in 1901.
19. Babe Ruth wore a cabbage leaf under his cap to keep him cool! He changed it every 2 innings!
20. College footballs and NFL footballs are the exact same size. The only difference is the white stripes on the college ball. The white stripes on college footballs is to help the recievers see the ball better.
21. The record for the most major league baseball career innings is held by Cy Young, with 7,356 innings.
22. Archery is the national sport in Bhutan,a Buddhist country in Asia.
23. The fastest serve in a game of tennis was in 1963 by Michael Sangster. It was clocked at 154 mile per hour.
24. Sports command the biggest television audiences, led by the summer Olympics, World Cup Football and Formula One racing.
25. Golf balls can reach speeds of 170 miles an hour.