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Post by Cougs on Dec 18, 2006 14:13:44 GMT -5
It was Troy Smith wasn't it? It is Troy Smith~ |
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Post by Cougs on Dec 18, 2006 18:30:27 GMT -5
What was the first wildcard team to win the SuperBowl?
did you know?
Tom Flores guided this team to a win in Super Bowl XV over the Philadelphia Eagles, 27-10 and over the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl XVIII. Flores was widely considered the first Hispanic head coach in the history of the NFL.
The Raiders
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Post by Cougs on Dec 21, 2006 0:16:21 GMT -5
Basketball Fun Facts
*James Naismith, a teacher at a YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts, is credited with inventing basketball in 1891.
*The first “hoops” were actually just peach baskets and the first backboards were made of wire.
*The game became an official Olympic event at the Summer Games in Berlin, Germany in 1936.
*Two leagues called the National Basketball League (NBL) and the Basketball Association of America (BAA) merged after the 1948-49 season to become today's National Basketball Association (NBA).
*The Boston Celtics have won the most NBA championships (16), including seven straight from 1960 to 1966.
*Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who played 20 seasons in the NBA, holds the record for most points scored in a career with 38,387.
*On March 2, 1962, Philadelphia center Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in one game against New York. That is the most one player has ever scored in one game.
* Atlanta Hawks coach Lenny Wilkens has won more basketball games than any other coach.
*The American Basketball Association (ABA) was a 10-team rival league to the NBA that began play in the 1967-68 season and folded nine years later after the 1975-76 season. Four current NBA teams – Indiana, Denver, New York, and San Antonio – originated in the ABA.
*The NBA instituted the three-pointer before the 1979-80 season, an idea it borrowed from the ABA.
*The Chicago Bulls have won all six NBA Finals in which they'veappeared.
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