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Eddie Mathews was the first person featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated.

Roger Bannister was the first person to run the mile in under four minutes.

The first baseball televised was in Tokyo, Japan.

The sport of ping-pong made it possible for the United States and China to have improved relations after several years of cold relations.

Diane Crump was the first female jockey in the Kentucky Derby, in 1970.

Ty Cobb was known as the Georgia Peach.

Red Grange was known as the Galloping Ghost.

The slap shot in hockey was invented by Bernie Geoffrion.

Steve Carlton, of the 1972 Philadelphia Phillies, was the first major league pitcher to win the Cy Young Award while pitching with a last place team.

Turkey is the name for three consecutive strikes in bowling.

Hector Torres was the first player to play for both the Toronto Blue Jays and Montreal Expos.

The first National Football League team to travel by plane was the Green Bay Packers, in 1940.

Bo Belinski, of the Los Angeles Angels, pitched the first major league no-hitter on the west coast, in 1962.

In 1929, The New York Yankees became the first major league baseball team to wear numbers on their uniforms.

In 1957, Don Bowden became the first United States runner to run the mile in under four minutes.

The Brooklyn Dodgers became the first major league baseball team to travel by an airplane, when they flew from St. Louis to Chicago on May 7, 1940.

Volleyball was invented by William G. Morgan, in 1895.

The 100,000th major league baseball game was played on September 6, 1963.

Bob Hayes is the only athlete to win both a Super Bowl ring and Olympic gold medal.

The only major league baseball player to win batting titles in 3 different decades is George Brett. He won in 1976, 1980 and 1990.

There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.

Soccer is the most watched sport in the world.

The first National Basketball Association team to be considered a dynasty was the Minneapolis Lakes. In the 6 years from 1949 through 1954, they won 5 NBA titles.

Wilt Chamberlain was playing against the New York Knicks in the game in which he scored 100 points.

Larry Bird scored the first 3 point shot in an NBA All-Star game.

37 points were scored in the lowest scoring National Basketball Association game in history. The Ft. Wayne Pistons defeated the Minneapolis Lakers 19 to 18, on November 22, 1950.

The first World Series game played outside the United States was played in Toronto, Canada, in 1992.

The first NHL goalie to wear a mask was Clint Benedict of the Montreal Maroons on January 30, 1930.

The first NFL team to lose the first five games of the season and then win the next five in a row was the Washington Redskins, in 2001.

The first golfer to win two million dollars in career earnings was Jack Nicklaus, in 1973.

The first 3 point shot in the National Basketball Association (NBA), was made by Chris Ford, of the Boston Celtics, on October 12, 1979.

Deion Sanders was the first player to play in both a Super Bowl and a World Series.

Ivan Lendl was the first tennis player to make ten million dollars in career earnings.

The first person to win four gold medals in one Olympics was Alvin Kraenzlein, in 1900.

In 1968, Arnold Palmer became the first golfer to win one million dollars in career earnings.