Marathon
http://www.history.com/news/ask-history/why-is-a-marathon-26-2-miles
490 BC, Phedipides, Marathon to athens, victory v persians, died
Not in the traditional olympics 776 BC to 393 AD.
Actually 40 kilometers or 25 miles
1908 olympics, Queen alexandra, lawn of windsor castle to royal box in olympic stadium
Doc Ellis
http://articles.latimes.com/1985-06-30/sports/sp-266_1_dock-ellis
Injury rates by sports
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s National Electronic Injury Surveillance System, 2006.
Basketball (529,000), Cycling (490,000), Football (490,000), Motorsports atv dirtbikes (275,000), Baseball/Softball (274,000)
The Rudy Story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wpzcWJtLys
Madden Curse
http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/the-madden-curse/
Wade Boggs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3lpKvr1GCs
red sox, yankees, devils
Originally 50-60 beers on a cross-country flight
According to Charlie Day, 107
Gaylord Perry Homerun
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/A11_PressKit.pdf
http://www.mercurynews.com/giants/ci_21427514/neil-armstrong-and-one-giant-swing-by-gaylord
Golf holes
http://www.scottishgolfhistory.org/origin-of-golf-terms/18-hole-round/
Golf acronym
http://www.scottishgolfhistory.org/origin-of-golf-terms/golf/
Tee poisoning
http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20093939,00.html
1986, 1982, Army Navy Country Club near Arlington VA, nausea, irritability, blisters, golfed for 3 days, died 2 weeks after entering hospital
Daconil 2787, Chlorothalonil, fungicide, toxic to fish and bees, not birds
10,000 ppm
UPS biking doping
http://www.livescience.com/23932-lance-armstrong-doping-tests.html
http://abcnews.go.com/US/lance-armstrong-stripped-tour-de-france-titles-banned/story?id=17535635
Aaron Ramsey
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/488074/Arsenal-Aaron-Ramsey-curse-death-David-Bowie-Alan-Rickman-Twitter
