Was The First NFL Halftime Show Just Designed as a Way to Sell Dogs?

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: The first professional football halftime show was designed as a way to sell dogs. Today, halftime shows […]

Were Athletes in the Ancient Olympics Really Amateurs?

Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about the Olympics and Olympians and whether they are true or false. Click here to view an archive of the Olympic urban legends featured so far. OLYMPIC URBAN LEGEND: Athletes during the Ancient Greek Olympic Games were amateurs. Until the 1970s, competition in […]