35 Random Bits of Old-School Sports Trivia That Probably Think Helmets Are ‘Namby-Pamby’
Concussions didn’t exist back in our day!
Welcome to the good ol’ days — where we were just dripping with amazing underdog stories and otherworldly stats.
Well, to be fair, professional sports are ongoing things, so modern-day sports have their stories and stats, too. But we’re salty old dogs, so ours were better for some reason. They had more grit and less padding!
You know what? We’ll stop hyping them up, and let these nostalgic sporty tidbits speak for themselves. Take notes, youngins.
The Miracle Mets
The Los Angeles Kings
Villanova
Super Bowl XLII
Buster Douglas
Juan Martin del Porto
Underdog Patriots
The World Cup
Super Bowl III
John Daly
Wilt Chamberlain
The Celtics
Nolan Ryan
Jerry Rice
Cal Ripken Jr.
Michael Phelps
Bill Russell and Henri Richard
UConn Women’s Basketball
Ricky Henderson
Brett Favre
Wayne Gretzky
Sammy Sosa
Alan Wright
Mark Cavendish
Homer Simpson, Hall of Famer
The Miracle on Ice
Source: fixturecalendar
Leicester City
Source: sports.betmgm
Cam Neely
Source: yardbarker
Most Consecutive Shutouts by a Goalkeeper
Source: The18
The Rock
Roy Oswalt
Joel Zumaya
Source: Engadget