James Brendan Connolly of the United States won the first medal of the 1896 Olympic Games in the triple jump.
The official state sport of Alaska is dog mushing.
Jockey Eddie Arcaro rode to two Triple Crown wins. The first on Whirlaway in 1941, and then on Citation in 1948.
The oldest individual to win a medal in the Olympics was Oscar Swahn. He won a silver medal in shooting for Sweden in 1920. He was 72 years old.
Johnny Bench, Cincinnati’s Number 5, is the benchmark against which other catchers are still often compared. As Rookie of the Year in 1968, Bench controlled the game on both sides of the plate with his hitting (.267 with 389 home runs and a then-record 327 as a catcher), calling pitches, blocking home plate, throwing out opposing base runners. Bench won two MVP awards and ten Gold Gloves during his 17 seasons as one of the leaders of the team.
The Olympic symbol is made up of five interlocking rings, standing for the continents of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and North America.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar racked up the greatest number of personal fouls in his professional career – 4,657 of them.
The only father and son to hit back-to-back home runs in a major league baseball game? Ken Griffey, Jr., and his father, Ken Griffey, Sr., both of the Seattle Mariners in a game against the California Angels on September 14, 1990.
Kickers score more points than anyone else in professional football. George Blanda, who began his 26-year career in 1949 and ended it as a kicker in 1975, scored 2,002 points — more points than any other player.
Lenin Stadium in Moscow has enough seats to accommodate more than 103,000 people.
Eddie Arcaro, one of the greatest jockeys in horse race history, rode 250 losers before he won his first race. Ultimately, Arcaro won 4,779 races — including five Derby winners, six in the Preakness, and six in the Belmont Stakes, on such famous horses as Whirlaway, Citation, and Kelso.
Edward Kennedy, future politician, scored the only touchdown for Harvard when they played Yale in 1955.
Famous personalities who play badminton include Paul Newman, Diego Maradonna, and Nick Faldo.
Five baseball gloves can be made from one cow.
For golfing enthusiasts, Maricopa County in Arizona boasts the most golf courses in the country with a reported 168, followed by Palm Beach County in Florida with 150 and Riverside County in California with 145.
For the first time, the play-by-play of Super Bowl XXX in 1996 was broadcast in the Navajo language and NBC-TV offered a secondary, foreign-language audio feed to its affiliates.
Former passing quarterback-great Johnny Unitas made this observation about professional football: "The other guy is out there to beat you. He's getting paid to win and he gets chewed out for mistakes just like you do. He's not stupid. ...There is no room for the guy who doesn't use his head."
Four players compete on an equestrian polo team. Seven compete on a water polo team.
Gertrude Ederle was still a teenager when she became the first woman to swim the English Channel on August 6, 1926. Not only did she swim the channel, but she broke the speed record held by a man.
Giants baseball catcher Roger Bresnahan introduced shin guards in 1907.
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