101 incredible sports facts that will blow your mind - USA TODAY
FTW combed through our extensive archives and scoured the Internet to come up with 101 sports facts that even die-hards fans probably did’t know, such as the attendance for Muhammad Ali’s first title fight to Michael Jordan’s minor-league... Jordan Spieth won $61,867 less at The Masters than Arnold Palmer won in his entire career. Bulls and White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf continued to pay Michael Jordan his reported $4 million basketball salary while he was experimenting with baseball. If Michael Phelps were a country, he’d rank No. 35 on the all-time Olympic gold medal list, ahead of 97 nations. Wilt Chamberlain didn’t win MVP the year he scored 50. 4 points and grabbed 22. 9 rebounds per game. The Buffalo Bills haven’t made the playoffs since Bill Clinton was president. When Michael Jordan averaged 37. 1 points per game in 1986-87, his Chicago Bulls were a sub. Venus Williams (7 Grand Slams) has been ranked No. 1 in the WTA rankings for 17 weeks, more than a full year less (56 weeks) less than Caroline Wozniacki (0 Grand Slams). If three-time Cy Young winner Clayton Kershaw were to break Young’s record of 511 wins, he’d need to stay at his current pace for the next 41 years, until he were 68 years old. Source: ftw.usatoday.com
