1.)Major League Baseball umpires are required to wear black underwear while on the job in case they split their pants.
2.)Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
3.)The referee tossed a jump ball after every basket in basketball until 1937.
4.)After his jerseys were stolen from the visitors locker room when the team was on the road against the Orlando Magic, Jordan had to wear a No. 12 jersey.
5.)The average life span of a major league baseball is five to seven pitches.
6.)Pittsburgh is the only American city with three sports teams that wear the same colors.
7.)It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year’s supply of footballs.
8.)Golf balls can reach speeds of 170 miles an hour.
9.)The actual playing time in a MLB game is nine minutes and 55 seconds, despite routinely-finishing at around three hours.
10.)There more than 350 dimples on a golf ball.
11.)Table tennis balls can travel off the paddle at 105.6 miles per hour.
12.)Prior to 1900, prize fights lasted up to 100 rounds.
13.)At horse race tracks, the favorite wins about 30 (or less) percent of the time.
14.)Kite flying is a professional sport in Thailand.
15.)The longest tennis match took place at Wimbledon 2010 when John Isner of the United States beat Nicolas Mahut of France 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (3), 70-68 in a match that lasted
16.)11 hours and 5 minutes, played over 3 days, June 22, 23 and 24.
17.)Ari Petrof is Sweden's National Sauna Champion. He stayed in a 212 degrees Fahrenheit (100 degrees Celsius) sauna for five hours and 10 minutes.
18.)Honey is used as a center for golf balls.
19.)The NFL estimates that more than 100 children are conceived every year at tailgate parties in the Super Bowl parking lot.
20.)At 101, Larry Lewis ran the 100 yard dash in 17.8 seconds setting a new world record for runners 100 years old or older.
