known, or may not even want to
know! (Currently under construction.)
· Hockey is the only sport in which a team may be forced to play with less than the official number of players
on a team
· Baseball is the only sport without an official time limit
· Hockey is the only sport that has the possibility of legally having an even number of players on offense -
The goalie can score at any time, and if the goalie is pulled, there are 6 players on offense.
· Baseball is the only sport in which the defense purposely sends the object towards the offense
· Baseball is the only sport in which the team to start on offense is predetermined (away team always bats
first.)
- The ball-dribbling figure on the NBA logo is modeled after former Laker great Jerry West.
- Football is the only sport that determines first possession by an object not used in the game (coin flip).
- Baseball is the only sport in which the season begins and ends in the same calendar year.
- Football is the only sport without a multi-game playoff format. (Win or go home.)
- The ski jumper who crashed in the opening montage of ABC's 'Wide World Of Sports' that became
synonomous with 'The agony of defeat' was named Vinko Bogataj.