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Did you know...
- Former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue has more career rebounds than Dikembe Mutombo and Alonzo Mourning at Georgetown.
- When Lou Holtz was coaching the University of Arkansas his personal attourney was Bill Clinton.
- Bobby Bowden was offered the coaching job at Marshall and LSU. Bowden turned down both opportunities. The two coaches who accepted those positions were BOTH killed in job-related plane crashes.
- The band Pearl Jam was originally named Mookie Blaylock. Their album "10" was in honor of Mookie's jersey number.
-BRENT MUSBURGER was the home plate umpire when Tim McCarver made his pro baseball debut for Keouk, Iowa in the Midwest League in 1959.
- Pete Rose is enshrined in the Summit County (Ohio) Boxing Hall of Fame.
- A McDonalds now sits where basketball was invented at a YMCA in Springfield, MA.
- Rich Kotite, former coach of the Eagles and Jets was once Muhammed Ali's sparring partner in Miami.
- In March 1954 the Lakers and Hawks played an actual, regular season NBA game using baskets that were 12' high rather than the regular 10.' The next night they played each other in a double header.
- The first thing EVER seen on VH1 was Marvin Gaye singing the national anthem at the NBA All-Star game.
- The public address announcer for the Houston Colt 45's (later known as the Houston Astros) in their inaugural 1962 seasons? Dan Rather.
- Jon Gruden was a ball boy for the undefeated 1976 Indiana mens basketball team.
- During one off-season Dave Cowens drove a taxi cab in Boston. He admits taking only one passenger the long way - "an obnoxious Knicks fan."
- The first American to jump off the boats at the D-Day invasion was James Arness (actor from Gunsmoke). At 6-7" he was the tallest man on the first ship and the ships capatian wanted to test how deep the water was.
- Celtic Hall of Famer Bill Sharman was once ejected from a major league baseball game.
- Thomas Edison sold the concrete to the Yankees that was used to build Yankee Stadium.
-Dave Thomas (founder of Wendy's) 's daughter Wendy was once the babysitter of John Havlicek's children.
- In 1979 Muhammed Ali beat Lyle Alzado in 8 rounds of an actual boxing match.
- Pat Riley was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys despite never playing college football. Charlie Ward, as we know..not drafted.
- Former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue has more career rebounds than Dikembe Mutombo and Alonzo Mourning at Georgetown.
- When Lou Holtz was coaching the University of Arkansas his personal attourney was Bill Clinton.
- Bobby Bowden was offered the coaching job at Marshall and LSU. Bowden turned down both opportunities. The two coaches who accepted those positions were BOTH killed in job-related plane crashes.
- The band Pearl Jam was originally named Mookie Blaylock. Their album "10" was in honor of Mookie's jersey number.
-BRENT MUSBURGER was the home plate umpire when Tim McCarver made his pro baseball debut for Keouk, Iowa in the Midwest League in 1959.
- Pete Rose is enshrined in the Summit County (Ohio) Boxing Hall of Fame.
- A McDonalds now sits where basketball was invented at a YMCA in Springfield, MA.
- Rich Kotite, former coach of the Eagles and Jets was once Muhammed Ali's sparring partner in Miami.
- In March 1954 the Lakers and Hawks played an actual, regular season NBA game using baskets that were 12' high rather than the regular 10.' The next night they played each other in a double header.
- The first thing EVER seen on VH1 was Marvin Gaye singing the national anthem at the NBA All-Star game.
- The public address announcer for the Houston Colt 45's (later known as the Houston Astros) in their inaugural 1962 seasons? Dan Rather.
- Jon Gruden was a ball boy for the undefeated 1976 Indiana mens basketball team.
- During one off-season Dave Cowens drove a taxi cab in Boston. He admits taking only one passenger the long way - "an obnoxious Knicks fan."
- The first American to jump off the boats at the D-Day invasion was James Arness (actor from Gunsmoke). At 6-7" he was the tallest man on the first ship and the ships capatian wanted to test how deep the water was.
- Celtic Hall of Famer Bill Sharman was once ejected from a major league baseball game.
- Thomas Edison sold the concrete to the Yankees that was used to build Yankee Stadium.
-Dave Thomas (founder of Wendy's) 's daughter Wendy was once the babysitter of John Havlicek's children.
- In 1979 Muhammed Ali beat Lyle Alzado in 8 rounds of an actual boxing match.
- Pat Riley was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys despite never playing college football. Charlie Ward, as we know..not drafted.
