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The first 3 point shot in college basketball was made by Ronnie Carr, of Western Carolina, on November 29, 1980.

The sports television program Wide World of Sports was created by Edgar Scherick.

Branch Rickey created the farm system in baseball.

Bob Pettit, of the St. Louis Hawks, was the first basketball player in the NBA to score 20,000 points in a career.

On January 1, 1938, Hank Luisetti, of Stanford University, became the first college basketball player to score 50 points in a game.

In 2002, Jeff Gordon became the first NASCAR driver to have over $50,000,000 in Winston Cup career earnings.

Keith Jackson was the first television play-by-play announcer on Monday Night Football.

In 1987, Andre Dawson, of the Chicago Cubs, became the first major league baseball player to win the Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) while playing on a last place team.

The last major league baseball team to sign a free agent was the Cincinnati Reds, in 1981.

The first woman athlete to win more than $100,000 in a year was Billie Jean King.

The first female to run a mile in under 5 minutes was Diane Leather, on May 29, 1954.

Boog Powell was the first baseball player to be in both the Little League World Series and the Major League World Series.

Thanksgiving is the day the most food is eaten in the United States. Super Bowl Sunday is the second biggest day.

The bowling ball was invented on December 29, 1862.

In 1969, Diana Crump became the first female jockey in the United States to ride against men.

John Wooden and Lenny Wilkens are the only two people in the Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player and a coach.

The first Canadian horse to win the Kentucky Derby was Northern Dancer, in 1964.

The first professional world darts champion was Leighton Rees, in 1977.

The only major league baseball player to have 500 career home runs and 500 career stolen bases is Barry Bonds.

Hank Gowdy was the first baseball player to serve in the military for the United States in World War I.

Five National Football League quarterbacks have thrown 7 touchdown passes in a game. They are: Sid Luckman in 1943, Adrian Burk in 1954, George Blanda in 1961, Y.A. Tittle in 1962, and Joe Kapp in 1969.

The oldest male professional tennis player to be ranked number one in the world was Andre Agassi, at age 33.

The two teams that played in the first televised baseball game were the Cincinnati Reds and Brooklyn Dodgers, in 1939.

The first National Football League team to score a 2 point conversion was the Cleveland Browns, in 1994.

The most fumbles by a quarterback in one game in the National Football League is 7, by Len Dawson, in 1964.

The first play-by-play broadcaster for ABC Television on NFL Monday Night Football was Keith Jackson.

The most games won by one team in one baseball World Series is 5. It happened 4 times. The World Series was the best of 9 in 1903, then again in 1919, 1920 and 1921.

The last tripleheader played in major league baseball was on October 2, 1920, between the Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates.

The first major league baseball team to have four players hit 30 or more home runs in the same season was the Los Angeles Dodgers, in 1977. The players were Steve Garvey, Dusty Baker, Ron Cey and Reggie Smith.

A football field is 160 feet wide.

The oldest jockey to win the Kentucky Derby was Bill Shoemaker, at age 54, in 1986.

The name of the Pittsburgh Steelers before it became Pittsburgh Steelers, in 1940 was Pittsburgh Pirates. The name was changed to avoid confusion with the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team.

The first team outside the United States to win the World Series was the Toronto Blue Jays, in 1992.

12 strikes in a row must be rolled in order to bowl a perfect 300 game.

The Rose Bowl is the oldest college football bowl game. The first was played in 1902.