35 Bits of Sports Trivia You May or May Not Look Back Upon Fondly

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35 Bits of Sports Trivia You May or May Not Look Back Upon Fondly

Reliving great moments in sports is tough, because we know for a fact that we can’t please everyone. Fans of the winners will be like, “Man, that was a great time,” while fans of the losers might cry all over again. 

Just like sports themselves, this list will have some ups and downs, but its goal is to entertain you. So put some paint on your face and your heart on your sleeve. Here are some (hopefully) nostalgic moments in sports…

Usain Bolt

Usain Bolt was awarded a piece of the Berlin Wall. CRACKED.COM When Bolt broke the 100 m world record at the 2009 Berlin World Championships, the mayor awarded him the 12 foot long, 6000-pound piece of the Wall. It is now housed at the Jamaica Mili- tary Museum.

The Black Sox

The Black Sox LIFETIME BAN ALL PHOTOS Q UNDERWOOD UN2L KNOWN- EDDIE CICOTTE FRED Gwm CLAUDE WILLIAMS Mc MULLIN RISBERG BUCK WEAVER EIGHT MEN CHARGED WITH SELLING OUT BASEB CRACKED.COM Eight players on the 1919 Chicago White Sox were cleverly dubbed The Black Sox after it was alleged they were paid to take a dive in the World Series.

Latrell Sprewell

Latrell Sprewell BA RANK 68 GAMES 1ST TS 9TH 5TH STLS CRACKED.COM Sprewell was benched after choking out his coach, being sent to the locker room, and then coming back to punch him one last time. The Warriors, understandably, tried to fire him, but he somehow won an arbitration battle. All the team could do was trade him off to the Knicks.

Luis Suarez

Luis Suarez 1 YEAR CRACKED.COM Suarez is probably the only professional athlete with 3 distinct biting incidents on his Wikipedia page. His 3rd bite was his magnum opus: on an internationaly televised World Cup game, he chomped the shoulder of his opponent Giorgio Chiellini, then fell to the ground holding his face.

The Super Bowl Shuffle

Sports Reinvented ОГ 7 5 3 83 O 5 THE SUPER BOWL SHUFFLE The historically dominant 1985 Chicago Bears showed their sillier side with the song (and video) The Super Bowl Shuffle. It reached #41 on Billboard, received a Grammy nom, and sold half a million copies (with the proceeds going to charity). CRACKED

Adam Jones

Adam Jones 1 SEASON CRACKED.COM Jones missed a whole season because of one really bad night at a strip club in 2007: he allegedly attacked a dancer and threatened a security guard.

Chris Simon

Chris Simon 65 GAMES TOTAL 17 CRACKED.COM This guy was the real-life Happy Gilmore. Не was once suspended for taking a baseball swing at Ryan Hollweg's face, and another time for stomping Jarkko Ruutu's leg with his skate.

The First Televised World Series

The first televised World Series 1947 CRACKED.COM The New York Yankees beat the Brooklyn Dodgers - featuring a rookie Jackie Robinson.

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Canada’s Hockey Chant

Public votes that backfired big time PEPSI CANADA'S HOCKEY CHANT Pepsi asked fans to create a cheer for Hockey Canada at a 2010 Men's Hockey Championship. Eh! Oh! Canada! Go! won, but fans hated it. At its height, The Chant is a national embarrassment Facebook page had over 64,000 fans. CRACKED

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Bill Russell and Henri Richard

MOST CHAMPIONSHIPS BILL RUSSELL & HENRI RICHARD CRACKED.COM Brady needs 5 more Superbowls. Yes, the NBA had 8-11 teams at the time, and the NHL had 6-12, but 11 championships in any era shows utter dominance. Bill Russell won 11 NBA titles with the Celtics in a 13 year career (1956-69), and Henri Richard won 11 Stanley Cups for Montreal from 1955-75. Current NHLers have 3 and Lebron has 4.

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Immaculate Innings

There were more 'immaculate innings' in 2017 than from 1929-1952. NEW YORK 34 CRACKED.COM An immaculate inning is when a baseball pitcher strikes out three batters with only nine pitches. 1929 to 1952 saw zero such innings, while there were 8 in 2017 alone.

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Olympic Swimmers

An Olympic swimmer had never seen an olympic sized pool before competing. MON SU IDMANI SARAYI Eric Moussambani record- ed the slowest time in 100m freestyle history, but won his heat as all other competitors false started. Не is now the head swim- ming coach of Equatorial Guinea. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

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Soccer

A SOCCER GAME IN MADAGASCAR ENDED WITH THE SCORE 149-0, AND A BUNCH OF SUSPENSIONS 16 10 CRACKED.COM During the pentultimate match with Domoina Soavina Atsimondrano (DSA) in the tournament for the national championship, Stade Olympique l'Emyrne (SOE) received a penalty and lost their shot at first place. They played another game, this time against AS ADEMA Analamanga (Adema), but no matter the result, SOE was guaranteed second place. As a protest, SOE kicked the ball into their own goal during the final match, 149 times, while Adema sat back and watched. The league punished them by taking away their

The Simpsons

MLB ALL-STARS THE SIMPSONS CITY CHAMPS CRACKED.COM Mr. Burns assembles a pantheon of all-time baseball greats for the company softball team. See Ken Griffey Jr. develop gigantism on an episode deservedly enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

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Merle Hapes

Merle Hapes LIFETIME BAN CRACKED.COM In 1946, the Mayor of New York confronted two Giants players about a bribery scheme to throw the NFL Championship Game. Neither Hapes nor teammate Frank Filchock actually took a bribe, but Hapes made the mistake of admitting that it was offered. For his honesty, he was banned from the league for life.

Leon Gonyo

Veteran stock car driver Leon Gonyo won a 2012 NASCAR race at Devil's Bowl Speedway. GEOFFREY'S DONTVAN Rey 2AM Ford JEHW TAMA-JJA Builders aa P WRISC

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