Questions relating to the past history of a sport, such as regarding past players, team records, older generations of equipment, etc. Questions using this tag must also be tagged with the specific sport in question.
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what actually is considered obstructing the field in cricket
What are the things considered as obstructing the field in cricket,
as like the match played between KKR and PWI in which Yusuf Pathan was given out obstructing the field as he pushed the ball with ...
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What were the reason behind the current offsides rules in football (soccer)? Also why have they been changed throughout its history? [duplicate]
I know the offside rule in football, but how did the current ruling come about? Along history, there have been numerous modifications to this particular rule.
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Why there is no number 13 in Formula 1?
Why is number 13 not used in Formula 1? Is it just superstition? Was the number ever used?
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What happens if the result of match was found wrong after the match day?
Consider a situation where Team A and Team B are playing a cricket match,
Team A scored some odd runs (lets assume 250 runs).
Team B is chasing the score, while chasing they require 2 runs from a ...
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Origin of the term “Heavy Ball”?
I have often heard commentators describe particular bowlers as having a "heavy ball". By context, this seems to refer to a fast bowler being able to bowl a delivery that seems to impact the bat with ...
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What is the red zone in rugby (or American football) and how did it get that name?
What is the red zone in rugby (or American football) and how did it get the name red zone? I couldn't see anything mentioned about this in the Wikipedia page for both games.
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Is “The Blues” a nickname for the St. Louis Blues [closed]
I'm not sure how this came up, but there was some discussion as to whether or not is it acceptable to refer to 'The Blues' as St. Louis hockey team's nickname?
Specifically: "is it acceptable for ...
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How many times have the team batting first declared innings and then lost the match by innings?
In the recently completed test match of Aus Vs India, Australia lost by an innings even after declaring their first innings. How many times have this happened in Test cricket? Are there any reference ...
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Why does Northern Ontario get their own entry in curling events such as the Brier?
Was watching a few old highlights of the Brief from the 50's today, and found that Northern Ontario always had their own entry, even then. Is there a reason why even thought it's not it's own ...
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What factors could have contributed to the fall of the Oakland Raiders?
The Raiders of the 70's claimed the best winning percentage of any team in all of professional sports.
However, although they played in the Super Bowl in 2002, the Raiders followed that with seven ...
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Los Angeles Lakers info? [closed]
When did the Lakers come into existence? when did they win their first championship and when did they become the lakers?
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What are the reasons that cricket is not included in the Olympics? [closed]
I found online that it was last played in the 1900 Olympics. It hasn't been played since. What are the reasons that cricket is no longer included as an Olympic sport?
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Jersey number for Lebron James [closed]
Lebron James has played in NBA with only two jersey numbers - 23 and 6. Why these numbers? What is the history behind these numbers?
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Jersey number for Kobe Bryant [closed]
Kobe Bryant has played in NBA with only two jersey numbers - 8 and 24. Why these numbers? What is the history behind these numbers?
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History of NFL scoring format
Can anyone tell me why the NFL uses the current scoring format of 6 points plus extra point for a touchdown, 3 points for a field goal, 2 points for a safety.
Is there a history or story behind why ...
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Man of the Match award for two players
Is it possible to give player of the match award to more than one player, when the stats and performances of more than one player (from the same team) equals the same?
If yes, any history for the ...
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Collegiate walk-on becoming a statistical all-time leader
In 2012, quarterback Matt McGloin became the all-time leader in career passing touchdowns, with 45, at Penn State University(1). McGloin started his college career as a walk-on(2).
In collegiate ...
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Most number of extra-time Goals
On 30-Oct-2012, Arsenal defeated Reading with an incredible score of 7-5. A more astonishing fact is that 4 goals were scored in Extra-time.
Is this the record for the most number of goals in ...
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Has the MLB Division Series Ever had all 4 Series go 5 games?
This year all 4 Division Series Games have gone the distance has that ever happened before?
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Where and when was the first women's soccer team introduced in the USA?
Is there record of the first female soccer team in the US? Which state was the first to adopt women's soccer and when?
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Which Olympic sport was the first to have a women's counterpart?
The original Olympics, in Greece, were male-only insofar as the participants, per my research. Modern Olympics, obviously, have men's and women's competitions. However, given that most Western nations ...
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Has there been an “eventless” English Premier League game?
Has there ever been a game in the English Premier League during which no goals were scored and no cards were shown?
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Has the practice of retiring numbers ever become a problem?
Some professional sports teams retire numbers in honor of exceptional players. If practiced frequently enough by an old team, such a practice would be unsustainable. You'd run out of numbers. More ...
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Which athletes were the first to break the color barriers in hockey?
Ice hockey, by nature of being a sport developed by British colonialists, has largely been made up of teams of people who can trace their ancestry to the British isles, the Nordic regions of Europe, ...
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What was the first team to use the 1-3-1 Forecheck
I'm a big hockey guy, but over the last 2 or so seasons I've seen the Tampa Bay Lightning use the incredibly boring 1-3-1 forecheck. As you see in the picture below, the Tampa Bay Lightning (blue) is ...
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Is there NBA player who won triple MVP in one season?
Is there NBA player who won the all 3 NBA MVP awards?
this includes Regular Season MVP, Finals MVP and All-Star MVP award in the same season?
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What is a Golden set? and what is the difference with Bagel set?
What is a Golden set on tennis?
Is there a tennis player who won a golden set?
What is the difference between Golden set and Bagel set?
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Are all oval-track races done counter-clockwise? If so, why?
It seems to me that every type of race on an oval track moves in a counter-clockwise direction. Off the top of my head, I know that this happens in:
auto racing of any kind
roller derby
horse racing
...
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Preventing a player from playing a specific position via suspension
In Major League Baseball, any player can play any position. This seems to be the main reason a Pitcher is suspended with the same standard suspension as a position player. This despite a pitcher's ...
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Winning despite walking
What is the MLB record for the most walks (bases on balls) allowed in a single game (9 inning game) by a pitcher who ultimately still recorded the win?
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MLB near perfect game
To throw a perfect game a pitcher would have to get 27 batters out in a row.
How many times in MLB history has a pitcher had 26 strait outs only to allow the would be final batter to reach base?
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MLB no-hitter resulting in loss
According to Major League Baseball an official no-hitter consists of a pitcher having pitched at least 9 innings while allowing 0 hits.
In MLB history has a team lost while having a pitcher throw an ...
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Why does Messi's 50th goal count as a record?
Last night, Messi scored his 50th goal of the season.
Why is it considered a new goal-scoring record?
Dixie Dean scored 60 goals for Everton in the FA First Division alone (he had 67 in total) in ...
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When was baseball introduced to Latin America?
I was watching Sports Center this morning and realized that baseball has a lot of players of Hispanic origin.
When was baseball first introduced to Latin America? When did recruiting Latin American ...
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What is the “Prisoner” salute basketball players perform?
After a good play, like scoring a big basket, some basketball players perform a salute that seems inspired by The Prisoner: looking through a circle made with their thumb and forefinger with one eye, ...
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What is the year of the Tour de France poster [closed]
In the movie Triplets of Belleville there appears a Tour de France poster that is hanging near the Champion's bed (a picture from the movie that I found is this one, the poster is the one with the ...
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Why were artificial turfs introduced in hockey
This wikipedia section has good details about the changes bought about in hockey after artificial turfs were introduced. This change also bought about a shift in hockey power base from Asian countries ...
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Points are given in tennis 15-30-40. Why 40?
Tennis scoring goes 15-30-40-game. Why 40? Why not 45? What is the meaning of the points being given in tennis as 15-30-40-game? What is the history of this scoring calculation?
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Where did the term “soccer” originate? [closed]
It seems that currently America is one of the only countries that uses the term "soccer" to refer to what the rest of the world calls "football".
What caused the Americans to start using this term ...
