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WHAT ARE THE ODDS YOUR KID MAKES IT TO THE PROS?

As parents watch their kids play a sport and do it well, it’s hard not to dream of them going pro and supporting you for the rest of your life. However, reality dictates that you spend more time encouraging your kids to study harder than to practice free throws. Only 8% of college baseball, basketball, [...]

HOW MUCH DOES AN UMPIRE MAKE?

We all know that today’s Major League Baseball stars can easily command yearly salaries in the double digit millions. However, have you ever wondered what the guys who call the shots on the diamond, the umpires, make a year?
According to MLB.com Major League Baseball umpires get around $120,000 a year when they start out in [...]

DO YOU LEAVE THE GAME ON WHEN YOU HAVE SEX?

Millions of Americans will be watching the 2010 Major League Baseball All-Star game tonight on Fox. Most likely, watching the game is not the only thing we’ll be doing while it’s on. 92% of us have eaten lunch or dinner with a game on. 39% have had a game on at work. 35% of us [...]

IT’S NATIONAL SPORTS CLICHE WEEK!

This week is officially National Sports Cliche Week, a week set aside to honor the use of sports cliches by athletes, sports announcers and sportswriters. There are a couple of ways you might be able to make some fun radio with this.
One way would be to schedule an interview with someone and see how [...]

WHY DO TENNIS PLAYERS CHECK THE BALL BEFORE SERVING?

If you are following the tennis action at Wimbledon this week, you’ve probably noticed the players studying the ball before serving. Why do they do that? It all comes down to hair. The hair on a new tennis ball tends to be smoothed flat, while a ball that’s been knocked around a bit will be [...]

THE MOST TOUCHY NBA TEAM WINS

With the NBA playoffs underway, you might want consider how much the players slap each other on the butt or do high fives when making your bets on the winner. Touch enhances cooperation and reduces anxiety, and new research suggests that it might even improve a team’s performance on the court.
Collaborators at UC Berkley counted [...]

I BET YOU DIDN’T KNOW THERE WAS AMISH BASEBALL

There is no sport more American than baseball, but imagine if the Amish played baseball. What would that look like? No, I’m not setting up a punchline. There really is Amish baseball.
When Amish children and adults take to the field, the men wear black suits and sport beards, and the women wear full-length dresses and [...]

NON-SPORTS FANS NEED TO KNOW THE RULES OF WATCHING SPORTS ON TELEVISION

On May 17, 1939, the first ever televised sporting event aired. The Columbia Lions and the Princeton Tigers played a collegiate baseball game for the first time on television. For over 70 years now, sports widows have been complaining about their significant others’ lack of attention during games and sports fans have been trying to [...]

WHO ARE THE TOP 5 CELEBRITY BAD ASSES OF ALL-TIME?

May 13th is Dennis Rodman’s 49th birthday. In his day, Rodman was considered one of the biggest bad asses in all of celebrity-dom. However, would he even rank on a list of the top 5 biggest bad asses of all-time? He doesn’t make mine. Here is my list of the Top Five Biggest Celebrity Bad [...]

WHAT ARE THE ODDS OF CATCHING A BALL AT A MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL GAME?

Anyone who has ever attended a major league baseball game has the same dream; catching a ball that goes into the stands. But what are the odds of that actually happening to you? Let’s just say you have a better chance of writing a New York Times best-selling book. The odds of catching a ball [...]

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