Archive for September, 2013

Did Michael Jordan Really Buy a Fancy Bus for His Minor League Team?

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Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about basketball and whether they are true or false. Click here to view an archive of the basketball urban legends featured so far. BASEBALL/BASKETBALL URBAN LEGEND: Michael Jordan bought a fancy team bus for his minor league baseball team to ride around in. […]

September 25th, 2013 | Posted in Baseball Legends, Basketball Legends | No Comments

Did Ed Olczyk Feed a Kentucky Derby-Winning Horse Oats Out of the Stanley Cup?

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Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about hockey and whether they are true or false. Click here to view an archive of the hockey urban legends featured so far. HOCKEY URBAN LEGEND: Ed Olczyk took his time with the Stanley Cup in 1994 to let the winning horse of […]

September 19th, 2013 | Posted in Hockey Legends | 1 Comment

Was One of the Most Famous NFL Photographs Ever Never Actually Printed in a Newspaper?

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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 famous photograph of Y.A. Tittle was never published in a newspaper. Morris Berman’s photograph of New […]

September 10th, 2013 | Posted in Football Legends | No Comments

Did Former Dodger Star Wally Moon Coin the Term “Flake” to Describe an Eccentric Person?

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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: Former Dodger star Wally Moon coined the term “flake” to describe an eccentric person. Wally Moon cemented […]

September 3rd, 2013 | Posted in Baseball Legends | No Comments