Archive for June, 2013

Did a Dead Runner Once Score During a Baseball Game?

Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about baseball and whether they are true or false. Click here to view an archive of the baseball urban legends featured so far. BASEBALL URBAN LEGEND: A dead runner once scored in a baseball game. Probably the best hint that a story you’re […]

Did Two Detroit Lions Players Receive a Gold Record While Still Active in the NFL?

Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about football and whether they are true or false. Click here to view an archive of the football urban legends featured so far. FOOTBALL URBAN LEGEND: Two Detroit Lions players received a Gold Record while they were still playing pro ball! If the […]

Did Edgar Allan Poe Really Play an Early Form of Football?

Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about football and whether they are true or false. Click here to view an archive of the football urban legends featured so far. FOOTBALL URBAN LEGEND: Edgar Allan Poe played an early form of football. Reader David wrote in to ask: I know […]

Did a Football Player Play Pro Football Under an Assumed Name so He Could Continue to Play College Ball?

Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about football and whether they are true or false. Click here to view an archive of the football urban legends featured so far. FOOTBALL URBAN LEGEND: A player played professional football under an assumed name so that he could play college football, as […]

Was An Organist Once Ejected From a Game by an Umpire?

Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about baseball and whether they are true or false. Click here to view an archive of the baseball urban legends featured so far. BASEBALL URBAN LEGEND: An organist was once ejected from a game by an umpire. Wilbur Snapp was the organist for […]