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40 Sporty Tidbits About the World of Athletics That All Tore It Up at This Year’s Combine

February 10, 2025

Everyone goes on and on about NFL rookies who run the 40-yard dash in under 4.3 seconds, but no one ever mentions a fact about the NFL darting into your brain as fast as you can read and comprehend them. Think about how fast that is!

You know what? You don’t even have to think about it. Just try this first one and see for yourself!

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Quadruple Doubles

CRACKED 13 Only FOUR BASKETBALL PLAYERS have ever managed to get a QUADRUPLE DOUBLE in the NBA. It all happened between 1974 and 1994. — Alex Kravtsov/Shutterstock
The Sporting News

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Olympic Curling

A small uninhabited island called Ailsa Craig off the coast of Scotland provides granite for Olympic curling stones. CRACKED.COM The island was said to have been created through vol- canic eruptions over tens of millions of years. A spe- cial granite making up the surface of the island cre- ates ideal curling stones. — The Guardian

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Keanu Reeves

KEANU REEVES SKATED SMOOTHLY FROM HOCKEY TO ACTING. Keanu played hockey at school, SO it was only natural that one of his first roles was as a hockey

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Michael Jordan

HITTING A BASEBALL is sometimes called the hardest thing to do in sports. Even Michael Jordan, the best basketball player ever, couldn't do it well when he tried playing baseball. It's a combination of physics and neuroscience that makes it so tough. CRACKED — zieusin/Shutterstock
Popular Science

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Jonathan Cheechoo

CRACKED ССМ 4 DOCKS 20 o OTA 14 ASTON 4 VAUGHN BAUER NHO VAUCH TON JONATHAN CHEECHOO WAS AN ELITE NHL PLAYER FOR ONE SEASON. In 2006, he won the Maurice Rocket Richard Trophy for the most goals in a season with 56 goals. Не never again came close to that, and was sent to the minors in 2010. — Bleacher Report / Sharks Alumni Foundation

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Tim Tebow

CRACKED TIM TEBOW HAD ONE HISTORIC SEASON. ONE. His 2011 season has been called the single best season in NFL history. His historic run had a 6 game win streak, 4 consecutive 4th quarter comebacks, and an AFC West title. Then he never started another NFL game, and was out of the league 2 years later. — Bleacher Report / Tim Tebow

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Kevin James

Jocks playing dorks POVILION RITY RD KEVIN JAMES is known for his physical comedy in films and shows like The King of Queens and Paul Blart: Mall Cop, but before his rise to fame he was a college football player at the State University of New York. CRACKED — Columbia Pictures
Showbiz CheatSheet

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Snoop Dogg

CRACKED SNOOP DOGG IS BIDDING ON AN NHL HOCKEY TEAM. As a massive fan of hockey, Snoop attends a ton of L.A. Kings games. He's now throwing in with businessman Neko Sparks to co-own the Ottawa Senators, in the hopes of helping grow the sport in the black community. — CBS / Billboard

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Doping

CRACKED SELLING A BASEBALL. In 1998, Mark McGwire set the all-time record with his 70th home run of the season. Philip Ozersky caught the ball, and sold it for over $3 million. Since McGwire's steroid scandal, the ball's value drastically decreased to roughly $250,000. Cardinals — CBS Sports

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Michael Jordan

EASTER EGGSTRA SPASE Bill Murray's UAM intention of joining the NBA in the movie is a callback to a string of basketball ads he did in the early '90s. When Michael Jordan retired from basketball in 1993 and later signed on to play baseball, it inspired the NBA to do — Screenrant

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10-Year-Old Gold Medalist

The youngest athlete to ever win a medal was 10 years old. Dimitrios Loundras was the youngest athlete to ever medal in the modern Olympics. Не won bronze in gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Ben Johnson

The dirtiest race in history CRACKED.COM 6 of 8 finalists from a 1988 record-breaking 100-meter race would later go down for doping. Most notably, the winner, Ben Johnson, was doped up in that very race. Ironically, upon receiving his medal, he said this world record will last 50 years, maybe 100. — Source: CNN

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R. Norris Williams

CRACKED BECOMING A TENNIS CHAMPION AFTER NEARLY LOSING BOTH LEGS R. Norris Williams made it through the Titanic sinking, but his legs got so heavily frostbitten that doctors wanted to amputate them. Не said no, and went on to have a successful career in tennis, even winning an Olympic gold medal in mixed doubles. — Sports Casting

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The CFL

The Rock CRACKED.COM Yeah, no duh, The Rock was a pro wrestler. But before that, he won a national championship with the Miami Hurricanes as a defensive end. An injury kept him out of the NFL, but he played Canadian ball for a little while.

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Ted Lindsay

A NHL player refused to attend his own Hall of Fame ceremony because women weren't allowed. CRACKED.COM Ted Lindsay, one of the greatest players in NHL history, wouldn't show for the 1966 ceremony. The league changed the rules to allow women the fol- lowing year. — Greatest Hockey Legends / Wikipedia

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O.J. Simpson

CRACKED O.J. SIMPSON O.J. was an amazing running back in the late sixties and seventies, breaking records and topping the NFL in rushing four times in five years. Не also worked hard to put out a good image and was the first Black athlete to be marketed widely. — ESPN / Sports Casting

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Bob Hewitt

CRACKED BOB HEWITT WAS KICKED OUT OF THE TENNIS HALL OF FAME. Hewitt won 15 Grand Slam titles, but he was expelled from the International Tennis Hall of Fame after his convictions for rape and sexual assault of girls he was coaching. — SJ / BBC

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The Beautiful Game

GAME-RUINING INNOVATIONS GOAL-LINE TECHNOLOGY ORT SPORT SPORT FIFA only started using goal-line technology in 2014, after some resistance, even though it eliminates human error in determining if a goal was scored. Turns out, for some people, referee fallibility was part of what made the game so emotional and unpredictable. CRACKED — alphaspirit.it/Shutterstock
PBS

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Hall-of-Fame Twins

CRACKED Daniel & Henrik Sedin - Hockey HoF Swedish twins who were drafted together, played together, and inducted together, Daniel said, I want to thank whoever picked me to speak before Henrik, it reminds me of draft day. (Не was drafted one spot ahead of Henrik in 1999.) 2022 — Daily Hive

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Terry Crews

Jocks playing dorks TERRY CREWS retired from the NFL in 1997 and began a successful acting career, but still carried anger and entitlement with him. Не credits football for helping him to burn rage legally and develop a sense of purpose. CRACKED — NBC
Farmindale State College

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Kobe Bryant

KOBE BRYANT POSTHUMOUSLY GOT BASKETBALL'S HIGHEST HONOR. zRs He's one of nine people inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2020. And his daught — Source: NPR, Yahoo Sports

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Robin Roberts

Sport Celebrities Good Morning America host Robin Roberts played on the Southeastern Louisiana University basketball team and was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012. CRACKED.COM — Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

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The Olympics

Margaret Abbott won an Olympic medal without even intending to. - Abbott, an amateur golfer, entered a golf competition while visiting Paris in 1900. — More: 5 Amazing Firsts In Women's History (That Were Total Accidents)

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Cam Neely

SEA BASS IS AN NHL HALL-OF- FAMER CRACKED.COM As Rhode Islanders, the Farrellys were huge Boston Bruins fans, and gave NHLer Cam Neely the role of Sea Bass in their debut film. Neely tallied 694 points in 726 NHL games, and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, but he might always be known as Sea Bass. — Source: yardbarker

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Nolan Ryan

MOST NO-HITTERS NOLAN RYAN T CRACKED.COM It's truly astounding. Since 1880, 29 MLB pitchers have thrown 2 no-hitters. 4 pitchers (Hall of Famers Cy Young, Bob Feller, and soon-to-be added Justin Verlander) have thrown 3 no-hitters. Legendary Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax threw 4, so you'd have to add 2 full Hall of Fame careers to match Nolan Ryan's unbelievable 7 no-hitters. — Source: MLB

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NHL

GRACKED ТОМ HODGES PULLED A MASK OUT OF HIS BRIEFCASE. NHL Tom Hodges is a life insurance salesman who played 1 minute of minor hockey 5 years prior to goaltending almost an entire period in the NHL. Both Anaheim Ducks goalies were injured, and The Dallas Stars actually needed this win. Не only allowed 1 goal. — Sporting News / Sports Net

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Althea Gibson

CRACKED.co COM Althea Gibson was the world's #1 tennis player in 1957, and was the first to win the Wimbledon, French, and U.S. Opens. She was added to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1971, and had 11 championship titles under her belt. — Source: 31 Amazing Women Who Deserve To Be Way More Famous

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Coaches

In most states in the U.S., the highest-paid public employees are college football and basketball coaches. FOOTBALL COLLEGE PRE SIDENT LAN COACH - CALLESE ... SOCIAL COLLEGE MED SCHOOL PRESIDENT DEAN FOOTBALL has TMACK MED SCHOOL COACH CALCA CHANCELLOR FOOTBALL MED SCHOOL BAGKETBALL WE SCHOOL BASKETBALL COACH COREM COACH DEPT CHAIR FOOTBALL DEAN MASHOTBALL BASKETBALL CRACK ENT COACH FOOTBALL BASKETBALL COACH FOOTBALL MED SCHOOL FOOTBALL COACH* COACH FOOTBALL PLASTIC COLLEGE COACH BASKET COACH SURGEON FOOTBALL FOOTBALL Sell FOOTBALL COACH POW FOOTBALL Chair COACH COACH Mell FOOT State COACH BALL BASKET. BASKETBALL FOOTBALL COACH BALL COACH BASKETBALL COACH Clack COACH BASKETBALL COACH — Source: 29 Ways America Is Super Weird, Compared To Other Countries

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Writing While You Run

CANCELLED GRACKED OLYMPIC EVENTS BONUS EVENT! Modern Olympics founder Baron Coubertin wanted an Olympic event combining a 14km race and a written essay, to show prowess in mind and body. It never took place. — Mental Floss

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Daniel Browning Smith

THE MAN WHO HAS THE POWER OF FLEXIBILITY Daniel Browning Smith holds the Guinness World Record for most flexible person, with the ability to pass his entire body through an unstrung tennis racket. CRACKED.COM — Source: ABC News

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Steve Carell

Sport Celebrities Steve Carell played Division II hockey at Denison University, and even considered a career in the NHL. CRACKED.COM — ESPN

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Olympic Sculpture

CANCELLED CRACKED.COM OLYMPIC EVENTS Gold Medal Sculpture In 1912, American Walter Winans became the first and only Olympian in history to win medals for both art and sport: Sculpture and Running Target Shooting — Mental Floss and Artnet.com

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Jason Segel

Sport Celebrities merican ULI Airlines M PIAC Bank of Jason Segel played high school basketball for Harvard-Westlake alongside future NBA stars Jaron and Jason Collins. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Jamie Foxx

Jamie Foxx Jamie Foxx graduated in 1986 from Terrell High School in Texas. He was a star athlete, playing on the school's basketball, baseball, football, and track teams. GRACKED.COM — source: classmates.com

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The Baseball Hall of Fame

Someone hung up a photo of their dad in the Baseball Hall of Fame and no one noticed. A bar owner visiting Coo- perstown, New York slipped a photo of his dad wearing a baseball uniform into one of the glass cases. No one noticed for six years before taking it down. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Evening Tribune

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Soccer

The own-goal own- incentive SOCCER MOKED CRACKED.COM A 1994 match in the Caribbean Cup saw a shameful race to score the most own-goals in the last few minutes. Due to the tourney's scoring policy, it was in Grenada's interest to lose, rather than tie, and it was in Barbados' interest to match Grenada's score and take it to overtime. — Source: 5 Dumb Ways People Have Won at Sports

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Baseball

You could, at one time, run the bases backward BASEBALL CRACKED.COM In a 1908 game, a Detroit Tiger successfully stole second base but his goal wasn't to steal the base, it was to distract the catcher, allowing another baserunner to steal home. When it didn't work, he ran back to first base to try it over until he got it right. MLB changed the rules the next day, calling the reverse-steal ! a travesty of the game. — Source: 5 Dumb Ways People Have Won at Sports

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Pistol Pete Maravich

NBA Hall-of-Famer Pistol Pete Maravich JANUARY 5, 1988 CRACKED.COM Pistol Pete died from heart failure while playing a pickup game of basketball at the age of 40. The last thing he said was I feel great!

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MLB Hall of Famers

Producers struck out with ML HALL OF FAMERS C CRAGKEDCOM Homer at the Bat'' is enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame. But some members of its all-star cast were fill-in players. Director Bonnie Pietila was turned down by all-timers Ryne Sandberg, Carlton Fisk, Nolan Ryan, and Rickey Henderson. — The Ringer

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Drew Bledsoe

NFL legend Drew Bledsoe retired from pro football to open his own winery. $1 c LRNA NONOLANVS He grew up in the Walla Walla Valley, which happens 085

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