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: Robert Redford played high school baseball with Don Drysdale on the Van Nuys high school team. In […]
Julie Ham, of the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women, wrote an interesting guide to the role of rumor when it comes to sporting events and the trafficking of women for sex. She e-mailed me to mention that she cited an old installment of Soccer/Football Urban Legends Revealed about the myths about women trafficking at […]
SPORTS LEGEND: The head referee asked about the size of his security detail before making a decision on a crucial play that would affect the home crowd in Pittsburgh.
SPORTS LEGEND: The referees used video replay to check to make sure they had the right call on the “Immaculate Reception” before ruling it a touchdown.
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