Archive for April, 2015

Did an NFL Team Once Draft John Wayne…When He Was 63 Years Old?

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: An NFL team once drafted John Wayne when he was 63 years old. Here’s the final in […]

Did an NFL Team Drop Two Spots in the Draft Because They Didn’t Have Their Pick Ready in Time?

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 team dropped two spots in the draft because they missed their initial pick. Ahead of tonight’s […]

Did a Team Draft the Wrong Player Due to Two Top Prospects Having Similar Sounding Names?

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 team drafted the wrong player because two top prospects had similar sounding names. Ahead of tonight’s […]

Did Two NFL Teams Once Fight Over the Right to Make the Last Pick in the NFL Draft?

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 Steelers and the Rams both tried to get the final pick in the 1979 NFL Draft, […]

Did the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Once Accidentally Draft the Wrong Player in the First Round?

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 Tampa Bay Buccaneers accidentally drafted the wrong player in the first round of the 1982 NFL […]

Was a “Mr. Irrelevant” So Irrelevant That His Team Misspelled His Name When He Became Their Starting Quarterback?

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: One of the most prominent “Mr. Irrelevant”s was still irrelevant enough that his team misspelled his name […]

Did Harry Frazee Really Sell Babe Ruth to Finance a Musical That Then Flopped?

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: Harry Frazee sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees to (among other things) finance a musical called No […]

Did the White Sox Offer Shoeless Joe Jackson for Babe Ruth Before the Red Sox Sold Him to the Yankees?

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 White Sox offered Joe Jackson and $60,000 for Babe Ruth before the Red Sox sold him […]

Did Eric Gordon Play Michael Jordan’s Son in Space Jam?

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. BASKETBALL URBAN LEGEND: NBA guard Eric Gordon played Michael Jordan’s son in the film Space Jam. Michael Jordan’s youngest son, […]

How Did a Professional Wrestling Promoter Saved the Montreal Canadiens (and Helped Form the NHL)?

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: A professional wrestling promoter ended up securing the Montreal Canadiens’ place in professional hockey history. Les Canadiens […]