Did the Undertaker Really Play High School Basketball With Magic Johnson?
Did the NBA Hall of Famer and the WWE Hall of Famer really play high school ball together?
Archive for September, 2016
Is There a Golf Course In Hawaii That Exceeds The Maximum Difficulty Rating for Golf Courses?
Is there a golf course in Hawaii that is more difficult than the theoretical maximum most difficult golf course?!
Were the Boston Braves Named After Members of the Boston Tea Party?
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 Boston Braves were named after the members of the Boston Tea Party. An interesting part of […]
Were the Chicago Blackhawks Once Forced to Pull a Local Goalie Out of a Bar to Start Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals?
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: Were the Chicago Blackhawks once forced to start a local goalie they found in a bar drinking […]
Did Walter Johnson Pull Off a Feat That George Washington Only Did in Myths?
BASEBALL URBAN LEGEND: Walter Johnson reenacted a mythical George Washington coin toss. In John Ford’s classic 1962 western, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, there is a classic line after a newspaperman discovers the truth of who actually shot Liberty Valance. He is undeterred, though, noting “When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” That’s […]
