Does “icing the kicker” work in football?
A bunch of smart people researched this and found out that icing the kicker in the NFL does not make a statistically significant difference...
Why is it called Gatorade?
Gatorade is named after a "gator," which is the mascot for the University of Florida sports teams.
In early summer of 1965, the coaching staff...
Why is the Los Angeles baseball team called the Dodgers?
Before moving to Los Angeles, the Dodgers were based in Brooklyn, New York. The team originated in the 19th century when, because of the...
Where did the tennis scoring system come from?
The are multiple theories of where the tennis scoring system came from. I've summarized those here.
In sports, if you don't score, a common saying...
Why are they called the Olympics?
The Olympics took its name from the Olympia sanctuary in Greece approximately 2,700 years ago.
Olympia is located on the Elis on the Peloponnese peninsula. The...