The Origins of All 30 NBA Team Names
(via Mental Floss) NBA basketball is now in full swing. In case you were wondering where the Celtics or the
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Why a New Jersey Mudhole Contains Baseball’s Dirtiest Secret
(via Mental Floss) In 1938, the Philadelphia Athletics third-base coach Russell “Lena” Blackburne waded into a tidal tributary in the
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How All 32 NFL Teams Got Their Names
(via Mental Floss) What do newspaper headline type and the New Deal have to do with the Oakland Raiders and
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When Local Roller Rinks Had Their Own Collectible Stickers
(via Atlas Obscura) Distinctive designs from the “Golden Age” of roller-skating.
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10 Amusingly Bizarre Tales From The First Modern Olympics
(via Listverse) When we think of the Olympics, most of us picture billion-dollar spectacles, professional athletes competing at their absolute physical
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Who invented the Bicycle Kick?
(via Great Big Story) The bicycle kick might be the most difficult move in soccer. Requiring acrobatic prowess coupled with
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22 Things You Might Not Know About the Stanley Cup
(via mental_floss) Interesting facts and crazy stories about the trophy—which is older than the National Hockey League.
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Seventy-Five Years Ago, Women’s Baseball Players Took the Field
(via Smithsonian) An Indiana slugger was one of the athletes who “hit the dirt in the skirt” and changed Americans’
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The Soccer Stadium Lying On Two Hemispheres
(via Amusing Planet) Estádio Milton Corrêa in Brazil is the most centrally located stadium anywhere in the world. It straddles
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Why It’s Almost Impossible for Fastballs to Get Any Faster
(via Wired) A wickedly fast fastball isn’t the anomaly it once was. A decade ago, Major League pitchers threw a
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10 of the Most Valuable Baseball Cards in the World
(via Mental Floss) If baseball is America’s national pastime, then collecting baseball cards is a close second. But not all of
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The Origins of All 30 Major League Baseball Team Names
(via Mental Floss) With the Major League Baseball season getting underway, here’s the breakdown of how the league’s 30 teams
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