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This is the latest in a series of examinations of urban legends related to golf and whether they are true or false. GOLF URBAN LEGEND: The word “stymie” originated as a golf term. We’re used to sporting terms and phrases being adapted to everyday usage, but one of the oddest examples that I can think […]

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This is the latest in a series of examinations of urban legends related to golf and whether they are true or false. GOLF URBAN LEGEND: Bobby Jones used to play golf only in the summer while he practiced law in the winter. Bobby Jones, simply put, was one of the greatest golfers in the history […]

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This is the latest in a series of examinations of urban legends related to golf and whether they are true or false. GOLF URBAN LEGEND: Howard Hughes used golf to work out an argument with Howard Hawks. The eccentric millionaire Howard Hughes was born to a rich family. The young Hughes decided to make his […]

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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: Wade Boggs once drank 64 cans of Miller Lite on a cross-country flight. Wade Boggs was one […]

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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: The Atlanta Braves had a night celebrating a gay group. In August of 2001, before a game […]

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Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about tennis and whether they are true or false. TENNIS URBAN LEGEND: Bohdan Ulihrach was suspended for taking a banned substance that was supplied by…the Association of Tennis Professionals! In 2002, Czech tennis player Bohdan Ulihrach (who was ranked as high as 22nd […]

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Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about tennis and whether they are true or false. TENNIS URBAN LEGEND: Frank Sedgman’s hometown had a collection to raise money to keep Sedgman from becoming a professional. It’s hard sometimes to fully appreciate what professional tennis was like in the days before […]

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Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about tennis and whether they are true or false. TENNIS URBAN LEGEND: René Lacoste created a line of sport apparel using a crocodile for a logo. René Lacoste was a legendary French tennis player of the 1920s and 1930s, but however great of […]