30 Bizarre Facts About the Horrors and Heroics of Pro Sports

Sports go sports! Athletic competitions are probably the most widely watched and widely enjoyed THING in the entire world-- Sure, a lot of people shelled out money to watch Tom Cruise play pretend in multi-million dollar military machines, but that might be nothing compared to the Super Bowl every single year.
Lots of people enjoy facts about individual stats and games… But we're a little more interested in the weirder angles. Below are some of the weirdest clauses included in athlete contracts (like the finest mustache wax that money can buy!) or in the crazy records that athletes and teams probably wish weren't on their records (like losing a NCAA football game 222 to 0.)
You don't have to be super into sports to appreciate all of the strange things that happen when a bunch of adults hit a field and throw some sort of ball around for millions of dollars, right?
Longest Coach Suspension

Source: 15 Embarrassing Sports Records No One Wants To Break
80 Straight Games

Source: 15 Embarrassing Sports Records No One Wants To Break
34 Minutes of Nothing

Source: 15 Embarrassing Sports Records No One Wants To Break
222 to Nothin'

Source: 15 Embarrassing Sports Records No One Wants To Break
Shortest Soccer Career

Source: 15 Embarrassing Sports Records No One Wants To Break
Roy Oswalt

Source: 15 Suspiciously Specific Clauses In Pro Athletes' Contracts
Brad Lidge

Source: 15 Suspiciously Specific Clauses In Pro Athletes' Contracts
Mark McGwire

Source: 15 Suspiciously Specific Clauses In Pro Athletes' Contracts
Octavio Dotel Can't Stay on a Team

Source: 15 Embarrassing Sports Records No One Wants To Break
20 Straight NBA Losses

Source: 15 Embarrassing Sports Records No One Wants To Break
7 Interceptions for Touchdowns

Source: 15 Embarrassing Sports Records No One Wants To Break
A record 316 losses

Source: 15 Embarrassing Sports Records No One Wants To Break
Eddie Gaedel

Source: 15 Suspiciously Specific Clauses In Pro Athletes' Contracts
George Brett

Source: 15 Suspiciously Specific Clauses In Pro Athletes' Contracts
Rick Mirer

Source: 15 Suspiciously Specific Clauses In Pro Athletes' Contracts
Spencer Prior

Source: 15 Suspiciously Specific Clauses In Pro Athletes' Contracts
The Longest NHL Suspension

Source: 15 Embarrassing Sports Records No One Wants To Break
Red Wings vs Rangers

Source: 15 Embarrassing Sports Records No One Wants To Break
Completely Useless Freethrows

Source: 15 Embarrassing Sports Records No One Wants To Break
148-80

Source: 15 Embarrassing Sports Records No One Wants To Break
Michael Jordan

Source: 15 Suspiciously Specific Clauses In Pro Athletes' Contracts
Charlie Kerfeld

Source: 15 Suspiciously Specific Clauses In Pro Athletes' Contracts
Manny Ramirez

Source: 15 Suspiciously Specific Clauses In Pro Athletes' Contracts
Stefan Schwartz

Source: 15 Suspiciously Specific Clauses In Pro Athletes' Contracts
A Record Sacking

Source: 15 Embarrassing Sports Records No One Wants To Break
Biggest Comeback

Source: 15 Embarrassing Sports Records No One Wants To Break
Rollie Fingers

Source: 15 Suspiciously Specific Clauses In Pro Athletes' Contracts
Rougned Odor

Source: 15 Suspiciously Specific Clauses In Pro Athletes' Contracts
Troy Glaus

Source: 15 Suspiciously Specific Clauses In Pro Athletes' Contracts
Roger Clemens

Source: 15 Suspiciously Specific Clauses In Pro Athletes' Contracts