With all the sports seasons colliding at the same time, now might be a good time to sort through some of the myths about sports and teams and see who they really are.
For instance, the Dallas Cowboys have been called "America's Team" for quite a while now. Actually, it couldn't be further from the truth. While the Cowboys are the only NFL team to record 20 straight winning seasons (from 1966 to 1985) during which they missed the playoffs only twice (1974 and 1984), they have not been a superior team. The last time Dallas made it to the Super Bowl was in 1996, when they played in Super Bowl XXX against the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Cowboys won 27-17 for their 5th Super Bowl Championship. So, it's been 29 years since Dallas was on top. Altogether now, let's say it.....they are not America's Team anymore. And we can thank owner Jerry Jones for that.
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| No Jerry, you are not #1 |
It used to be if the New York Yankees weren't in the World Series it wasn't an official championship. That notion came from the Bronx Bombers dominance. Last year the Yanks made it back to the Fall Classic losing to the Los Angeles Dodgers four games to one. Prior to that though, it had been 15 years since the Yankees were in the Series. The Philadelphia Phillies were their foe in 2009 when they won world title number 27.
A number of pro football fans have become fed up with the constant dribble of mega-star Taylor Swift and all-pro TE Travis Kelce. Many have suggested Swift is a distraction to her newly engaged partner. In truth, it's more likely we football crazies are the more distracted. I'm part of that group. Swift has attended 16 Kansas City Chief games between September 2023 and the 2025 Super Bowl, during which Kansas City won 13 games and lost 3, securing a remarkable 81%-win rate in her presence. It seems this duo is going to entertain us for at least one more season. That is, if Kelce retires after this season.
It was Game 1 of the 1936 Stanley Cup playoffs and a game featuring the Detroit Red Wings and the Montreal Maroons. The game began at 8:30 p.m. at the Forum in Montreal and ended at 2:25 a.m. 176 MINUTES!! Mud Bruneteau, a rookie who had been called up two weeks earlier, scored at 16:30 of the sixth overtime, beating Maroon goaltender Lorne Chabot to win the game, 1-0. Red Wing goalie, Normie Smith earned the shutout win with more than 90 saves. The date-March 24th 1936. Info courtesy of the Detroit Free Press.
How about some strangeness in the basketball world? The first dunk in a game came from George Mikan in 1944. This past regular season saw that part of the game explode with some unusual numbers. Evan Mobley of the Cleveland Cavaliers was at the head of the class with 173 dunks. He shot 55.1% from the field. No wonder.
You want greatness? The UCLA Bruins men's basketball program was darn near unbeatable in the 1960's and 70's. John Wooden led the Bruins to 10 national titles in 12 seasons from 1964 to 1975. They won seven straight from 1967-1973 and went undefeated a record four times during that run.
Now for some quick facts:
Golf was the first sport played on the moon by Apollo 14 astronaut Alan Shepard in 1971.
There are over 8,000 plus sports played around the world! Despite this, there were only 33 sports played at the Olympics in 2021.
The world record for the most number of non-stop push-ups is 10,507 by Minoru Yoshida of Japan. He accomplished that feat in 1980.
Hmmmm. Wonder how many I could do? Don't laugh, how about you?
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