Questions tagged [history]
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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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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Which teams have won the most championships in the four major American sports leagues?
Which teams have won the most championships in the four major American sports leagues (NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL)?
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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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Timed out in cricket
I've learned that timed out means the batsman takes over 3 minutes to enter the field of play after a wicket falls.
Which batsman will be given out for this? (ie, whether the batting team had any ...
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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 extra-...
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Has the MLB Division Series Ever had all 4 Series go 5 games prior to 2012?
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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Why do football players say "Oskie" after an interception?
When I was learning to play football in the backyard as a child, my family would always say "Oskie" after the quarterback threw an interception. I always thought that it was just some sort of family ...
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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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Has there been an NBA player who won triple MVP in one season?
Has there been an 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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Has the Olympic host nation ever been changed after it was announced
The stability of Brazil makes me wonder what will happen in 2016 if Brazil is not in a position to play host to the games. Has this ever happened before? Are there contingency plans for such an ...
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Why are forfeits in baseball scored as 9-0?
In baseball, when a forfeit occurs, the score is 9-0. Why 9-0? What does this score mean, and what is the historical reason for this value?
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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 field hockey?
This Wikipedia section has good details about the changes bought about in field hockey after artificial turfs were introduced. This change also bought about a shift in field hockey power base from ...
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Why is American football called football?
Why is American football called "football" even though the players play with their hands more than their feet? It seems to be very similar to rugby, and doesn't have the name "American Rugby". What ...
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Why is the word Love used as a score for Tennis?
I have never understood this form of scoring. What is the origin of this score "title".
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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 ...
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What is the origin of the specific distances in Ironman triathlon?
Triathlon is the sport (three sports, typically swim - bike - run, though Winterlude in Ottawa does Ice Skate, Cross Country Ski, Run).
Ironman is the distance. 2.4 Mile (3.8K) swim, 112 mile (180....
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