26 Sports Facts and Stats We Overheard Our Grandpa Muttering

Wait. How many points did Gretzky get, grandpa?!
26 Sports Facts and Stats We Overheard Our Grandpa Muttering
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Sure, he doesn’t remember our birthdays, but good ol’ granddad can rifle off every Stanley Cup winner since 1937. That’s okay though. Some numbers are way more important than others, and we totally understand.

Especially when they’re this interesting! Sports have a way of doing that. They can turn boring old numbers into eye-popping marvels like these…

UConn Women’s Basketball

CONSECUTIVE WINS UCONN WOMEN'S BASKETBALL WH GOV UCONN 11 CRACKED.COM The greatness won't quit. The incredible 111 game winning streak included 2 National Championships. After a loss to Stanford in 2014, the Huskies went on two winning streaks of over 100 games, breaking the previous NCAA record of 90 (set by earlier Huskies teams) and proving the program's dominance.

Source: Thegame730

The Longest Point in Tennis History

The longest point in tennis history took 29 minutes. GRACKED.COM There is no time limit in tennis. In a match between Vicki Nelson and Jean Hepner in 1984, the ball was hit back and forth 643 times before a single point was awarded.

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.

MLB

Sean Payton

Longest Coach Suspension NFL VL, BOWL CRACKED.COM Saints coach Sean Payton was given a one-year suspension in 2012. And all he did was give his team cash payments for every opposing player they intentionally injured!

Jameis Winston

Most Pick-Sixes NFL CRACKED.COM Jameis Winston led the league in passing yards in 2019, but also just barely squeaked out a league-record 7 interceptions for touchdowns. His 7th came in overtime in the last game of the season.

Pistol Pete Maravich

NBA Hall-of-Famer Pistol Pete Maravich JANUARY 5, 1988 CRACKED.COM Pistol Pete died from heart failure while playing a pickup game of basketball at the age of 40. The last thing he said was I feel great!

Art Folz

Art Folz LIFETIME BAN CRACKED.co In 1925, he supposedly tricked a local high school football team into playing against the Chicago Cardinals, in order to beef up their record to make the 1925 NFL Championship.

Mikhail Youzhny

A tennis pro slices his own forehead open Russian tennis player Mikhail Youzhny was frustrated with his performance in a 2008 match, and decided to give himself a hard reset by bashing his own head repeatedly with his racket. And it worked! He won the match.

Source: YouTube

North Korea’s Women’s Soccer Team

We were all ruCK by lightning 17 3 15 12 CRACKEDC In 2011, North Korea's women's soccer coach was in the unenviable position of explainin why his team had lost to the US: players were hit by lightning during a training match. More than five were hospitalised.

Source: The Guardian

Susan Sarandon

Susan Sarandon is good at ping-pong. Spin YORK NEW She loves the sport SO much that she co-founded SPiN, a chain of table tennis clubs and bars. It no

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