Sports Trivia

The term "figure skating" derives from ...
The term "figure skating" derives from the era when skating precise patterns on the ice ("figures")...

The Harvard-Yale crew race, which began ...
The Harvard-Yale crew race, which began in 1852, is the longest-running American intercollegiate sp...

Wrigley Field in Chicago was opened on ...
Wrigley Field in Chicago was opened on April 23, 1914. At the time it could seat 14,000 fans - toda...

Famed rebounder Wilt Chamberlain, a.k.a. ...
Famed rebounder Wilt Chamberlain, a.k.a. "The Big Dipper," was superstitious: he always wore a rubb...

Badminton became a full-medal Olympic ...
Badminton became a full-medal Olympic sport just in time for the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, S...