The Silhouette of the Official NBA Logo is of Jerry West
Here are some concise sports facts that people hardly know:
- The silhouette on the official NBA logo is of Jerry West.
- Golf was banned in Scotland three times in the 15th century because it was seen as a distraction from archery practice.
- Tug of war was an Olympic sport from 1900 to 1920.
- The first Olympic gold medals were not actually gold; winners received silver medals and olive branches.
- In the original rules of basketball, dribbling was not allowed. Players had to pass the ball to move it.
- The longest boxing match in history lasted for 7 hours and 19 minutes (110 rounds) in 1893.
- Baseball umpires are reportedly required to wear black underwear in case their pants split.
- The first baseball caps were made of straw.
- Volleyball was introduced to Europe by American troops during World War I.
- The average golf ball has 336 dimples.
- Every baseball used in Major League Baseball is rubbed with mud to give pitchers a better grip.
- The name “soccer” is derived from the abbreviation of “association” (as in Football Association).
- The longest tennis match ever played lasted 11 hours and 5 minutes over three days at Wimbledon in 2010.
- Peach baskets were used as the first hoops in basketball.
- Astronaut Alan Shepard famously hit a golf ball on the moon in 1971.
- The first recorded Olympic winner in 776 BC was a chef named Coroebus of Elis.
- The colors of the Olympic rings (blue, yellow, black, green, and red) were chosen because at least one of these colors appears in the flag of every nation in the world.
- Until 1936, in basketball, a jump ball occurred after every single made basket.
- The sport of underwater hockey (“Octopush”) is played at the bottom of a swimming pool with a small stick and a puck.
- The heaviest shuttlecocks in badminton fly the fastest.
