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: NBC sent an employee running on to the field to delay the 1958 National Football League Championship […]
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: Ole Miss changed the speed limit around campus in honor of former Ole Miss great Archie Manning. […]
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: Red Holzman got his start in professional basketball due to the fact that he was Jewish. William […]
This is the latest in a series of examinations of legends related to boxing and whether they are true or false. BOXING URBAN LEGEND: The term “the real McCoy” derived from a famous 19th Century boxer called Kid McCoy. The world of sports is rife with colloquialisms, many of which eventually work their way into […]
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: Sun Devil Stadium had an extreme makeover when Pope John Paul II came to visit during the […]
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: The Knicks participated in a special lottery where they nearly drafted Bob Cousy! Fans of the National […]
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 LEGEND: Ted Williams had an infamously cocky response as a rookie when told how he could learn from watching […]
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: Ohio State once gave up a touchdown…to its own player! The grand legacy of Ohio State football […]
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:Johnny “Tarzan” Weissmuller took on a fake identity so he could represent the United States […]
Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about tennis and whether they are true or false. TENNIS URBAN LEGEND: Men’s Fitness gave Andy Roddick someone else’s biceps for the cover of the magazine. Former professional tennis player Andy Roddick was (and is) a very fit man. Just check him out […]
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