Sports Fun Facts

Olympic gold medals are actually made of _____.

An incomplete forward pass in football used to earn teams a _____ -yard penalty.

The New York Yankees have won _____ World Series titles, which is more than any other team.

It takes _____ cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year’s supply of footballs.

Average lifespan of a major league baseball: _____ pitches.

Pittsburgh is the only U.S. city with _____ sports teams that wear the same colors.

Before _____, umpires sat in a padded rocking chair behind the catcher

Until _____, the jump ball in basketball took place at center court after every single basket.

The Pittsburgh Pirates’ almost built a new stadium in the middle of _____.

_____ is the most attended or watched sport in the world.

_____ is the biggest participant sport in the world.

_____ is the only sport that has been played on the moon.

Boxing became a legal sport in _____.

More than _____ medals are awarded at the Olympics.

The word “_____” is an 1800s slang term.