First World Series

The first modern World Series was played in 1903.

Golf on the Moon

Golf is the only sport that has ever been played on the Moon. NASA astronaut Alan Shepard hit two golf balls from the Moon's surface on February 6, 1971.

Golf ball speed

A golfer can hit a golf ball from near 140 mph to 180 mph.

420 runs

If a team in Twenty20 cricket scored a boundary four for every ball thrown in 20 overs, they would score 480 runs.

720 runs

If a team in Twenty20 cricket scored a boundary six for every ball thrown in 20 overs, they would score 720 runs.

Golf holes played

If you play golf on one course each week (18 holes), you played 936 golf holes each year.

After 30 years, you played 28,080 golf holes.

Olympic track & field

In the 10,000m track & field event, they are running 32,808 feet. This is over six miles.

Olympic rowing

In the 2,000m rowing event, they are rowing 6,562 feet. This is over one mile in distance.

Olympic track & field

In the 800m track & field event, they are running 2,624 feet. This is equal to almost 1/2 mile in distance.

Olympic swimming

In the 400m swimming event, they are swimming 1,312 feet. The 100m event is 328 feet.

Bowling lanes

A bowling lane is 60 feet from the foul line to the (1) head pin. This is 720 inches long.

If you walk at an average speed of 3 mph, you can walk this length in just under 14 seconds.

Sports TV time

If you watch six hours of sports a week on TV, after 20 years you watched 6,240 hours of it.

This is equal to 260 days of watching it nonstop, or almost nine months.

You can see 3,120 movies during that time if they are two hours long.

If you want to write a book and can type 25 words a minute, you can type 9,360,00 words for your book during that time.

If you traveled during that time in your car and you were going at an average speed of just 25 mph, you would be able to travel 156,000 miles around the country. At 40 mph you can cover 249,600 miles. That is far enough to reach the Moon.

Football kicks

If a football player kicks the ball 40 yards, he kicked it 120 feet or 1,440 inches.

He would have to kick the football 44 times farther to kick it one mile.

Chess pieces names

The names of the chess pieces are: knight, rook, bishop, queen, king, and pawn.

The total letters in all of the pieces names is 29.

What letter appears the most times? The letter N appears most at four times.

Basketball score of 100

If a team wanted 100 points in a basketball game, each of the five players only have to score 20 points each.

That is only 10 points for each player in each half.

Basketball rims

Basketball rims are 10 feet tall. That is exactly 120 inches.

Your house probably has an eight foot high ceiling. The basketball rims are still two feet higher then your ceilings.

If someone is seven feet tall, they are still three feet shorter then the basketball rim.

If you are four feet tall, you are six feet below the basketball rim.

Basketball rim height

The rim of a basketball net is 10 feet off the ground.

The Empire State Building is another 124 rims higher at 1,250 feet.

Throw that basketball!

You may see a shot across the basketball court from end to end when the time is running out.

The court is 94 feet from end to end. You would have to shoot it 56 times farther to reach one mile though.

Football seconds

A football game is 60 minutes long or 3,600 seconds long.

Football game length

A football game is 12 minutes longer than a basketball game.

Twenty football games are 20 hours on the clock.

Twenty basketball games would be 16 hours on the clock.