SPORTS

Sport includes all forms of competitive, physical activities or games  which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants, and in some cases, entertainment for spectators.

 Top 10 FUN FACTS⤵

1. Baseballs were originally made from the foreskins of horses.

2. The state sport of Alabama is figure skating.

3. A race car with a wood-burning engine finished 3rd in the 1927 Indianapolis 500.

4. Boxing legend Rocky Marciano invented the fax machine.

5. Studies show high school tennis players score significantly lower on math tests, it is assumed because of the sport’s illogical 15–30–40 scoring system.

6. According to the official Major League Baseball rule book, baseball games “are to last 9 innings or two and one-half hours, whichever comes first.”

7. The NCAA required college football players to study during halftime until 1925.

8. The Houston Rockets did not discover until the 14th game of the 1984–85 NBA season that their home arena rims were set at 9-feet, 7-inches.

9. It is customary for jockeys to be paid in coins, no matter how large their winnings.

10. In the ancient Greek Olympics, wrestling matches were in the nude and a match did not end until one of the competitors became aroused.

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