Sports - Go Figure *Updated 3/31/06*

**NikNak** · 12-24-2004, 04:05 PM

A few interesting facts published each week in Sports Illustrated that might generate some discussion.

Have fun.

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11 Jaguars home games, out of 15, since the beginning of the 2003 season that have been blacked out on local TV because Alltell Stadium failed to sell out.

9,713 Seats at Alltel that will be covered with a tarp next season, reducing capacity to 66,964.

$284,350 Winning bid in an auction for Jim Thorpe's circa-1917 Canton Bulldogs football jersey, the most ever paid for a nonbaseball jersey.

23 Percentage of Americans who described themselves as hockey fans in a Gallup poll, ranking hockey 10th among II sports in the survey, behind figure skating and above pro wrestling.

137 Soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan who sat courtside for the Mavericks' home win last Saturday in seats donated by season-ticket holders.

**ROCKSTAR** · 12-28-2004, 02:44 AM

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11 Jaguars home games, out of 15, since the beginning of the 2003 season that have been blacked out on local TV because Alltell Stadium failed to sell out.

Does that even work??? They did that in Chicago with Hockey I believe and it didn't. Plus, how annoying is that! I hate when any game is blacked out. Gosh..

The soldiers thing is quite the story!

**NikNak** · 01-07-2005, 07:43 PM

0 Running backs who gained 100 yards against Alabama this season.

2 Minnesota backs who went over 100 yards- Marion Barber III (187) and Laurence Maroney (105)- against the Tide in the Music City Bowl.

$1,800 Amount David and Victoria Beckham paid a butler to help unwrap their family's Christmas gifts.

121.1 Peyton Manning's passer rating this season, an NFL record.

$222 million Value of the Cavaliers as assessed by Forbes in February 2003, before the team drafted LeBron James.

$375 million Price Dan Gilbert agreed to pay for the Cavs on Monday.

11.0 Season rating for Monday Night Football, the lowest in the show's 35 years.

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Ok, people hire butlers to open Christmas gifts? Mmmkay.

***Wildfire Girl*** · 01-07-2005, 08:47 PM

I remember reading that.

**NikNak** · 01-13-2005, 07:38 PM

$30,200 Winning bid for a private dugout meeting with Barry Bonds in an auction held by the Giants to benefit Asian tsunami relief.

100 Percentage increase in the purse for the 2005 Kentucky Derby, which was raised from $1 million, in '04, to $2 million.

35 Age of Italy's Kristian Ghedina, who became the oldest man to finish in the top three at a World Cup ski race by taking second place in the downhill at Chamonix, France, last Saturday.

0-4 The Timberwolves' alltime record when facing expansion teams for the first time, after they lost to the Bobcats on Jan.5.

**NikNak** · 01-20-2005, 06:46 PM

7 Points scored in a 5-2 basketball win by Vermont's Bellows Free Academy over Milton High on Jan. 12; the state's high schools don't use a shot clock.

28 Three-pointers made in the Hornets' 112-106 win over the Blazers last Friday, one short of the NBA record.

85 Percentage drop in NHL holiday merchandise sales form 2003 to '04, to $6.9 million.

$100,000 Amount donated by Major League Baseball to fund President Bush's inauguration.

$37,000 Amount donated by George Steinbrenner to fund the Gaither High marching band's trip from Tampa to Washington, D.C., for the inaugural parade.

32 Games it took Timberwolves guard Latrell Sprewell to dunk for the first time this season.

**NikNak** · 01-27-2005, 08:11 PM

116 Games it took LeBron James to get his first triple double; on Jan. 19 the 20-year-old became the youngest player in NBA history to have one.

2 Additional games it took James to get his second triple double.

16 Blocked shots by 6'3" TCU forward Sandora Irvin in a win over Alabama-Birmingham on Jan. 16, an NCAA women's record.

5 Players named Caitlin or Kaitlin in the starting lineup used by Reno Galena (Nev.) High in a basketball game on Jan. 18; the girls won 65-30.

9-1 Vince Lombardi's career postseason record.

9-1 Bill Belichick's career postseason record.

0 Times in 40 games this year that the Hornets have shot at least 50% from the floor.

**-Bianca-** · 01-28-2005, 09:56 AM

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5 Players named Caitlin or Kaitlin in the starting lineup used by Reno Galena (Nev.) High in a basketball game on Jan. 18; the girls won 65-30.

It's a good thing folks call each commonly by last names in sports.

That could be confusing, for everyone involved.

Shaolin · 01-29-2005, 03:56 PM

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$30,200 Winning bid for a private dugout meeting with Barry Bonds in an auction held by the Giants to benefit Asian tsunami relief.

Bonds has never been to fond of the media so it would be interesting to hear how that meeting went. For 30 grand, I'd expect to come out with some autographs and maybe even a game-worn jersey or something.

Chi159 · 01-30-2005, 05:20 PM

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$1,800 Amount David and Victoria Beckham paid a butler to help unwrap their family's Christmas gifts.

DAMN!!! Where can I get a job like this?

**NikNak** · 02-03-2005, 05:43 PM

2 Wins by the Knicks in 14 games after Stephon Marbury proclaimed himself the NBA's best point guard. (

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1 Game East Carolina athletes will have to sit out after two unexcused absences from class under the athletic department's new attendance policy.

$1 million Amount donated by former NFL coach Chuck Knox to endow a history chair at Juniata College in Huntingdon, PA., his alma mater.

60 Minutes before scheduled tip-off that the Hawks, who were stranded by an Atlanta ice storm, arrived in Memphis for last Saturday's game against the Grizzlies; the tip was delayed, and the Hawks lost 84-83.

$2,500 Value of the Stanford tree-mascot costume, which was stolen last week for the third time in two months.

**NikNak** · 02-10-2005, 08:32 PM

$170 million Amount, in Canadian dollars, by which Canada's GDP will decrease if the NHL season is canceled, according to a government estimate.

8,769 Miles the Spurs will travel on their current 19-day, seven-city trip, made necessary because a rodeo has taken over the SBC Center in San Antonio.

71 1/2 Days it took British sailor Ellen MacArthur to circumnavigate the globe, a world record for a solo around-the-world trip.

$0 Amount of state income tax new Marlin Carlos Delgado will pay if he's traded from Florida, which doesn't tax income, to a state that does; a clause in his contract would require his next team to foot his tax bill.

33,199 Attendance at Syracuse's win over Notre Dame at the Carrier Dome last Saturday, an NCAA on-campus basketball record.

ladonna · 02-11-2005, 08:46 AM

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0 Running backs who gained 100 yards against Alabama this season.

2 Minnesota backs who went over 100 yards- Marion Barber III (187) and Laurence Maroney (105)- against the Tide in the Music City Bowl.

Yuck, don't remind us....

No excuses but Minnesota did have a good Oline...they were pushing our guys around like crazy.

Superhero · 02-11-2005, 09:09 AM

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$170 million Amount, in Canadian dollars, by which Canada's GDP will decrease if the NHL season is canceled, according to a government estimate.

So that's like what?...20 bucks, in American money?

**NikNak** · 02-17-2005, 06:52 PM

2 Times that a $47,000 check the Trail Blazers' Zach Randolph wrote to the Portland Parks and Recreation department bounced; the team wired money to cover the donation. (Embarassing as hell!

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$15,000 Approximate cost of the custom-made bike the Rockets gave Yao Ming as a Chinese New Year gift.

1,320 NHL goals scored by the sons of Louis Sutter, who watched six of his seven boys play in the league; Sutter pere died last week at 73.

0 Major league teams that have had two players in the lineup with at least 500 home runs; the 2005 Orioles, with Sammy Sosa (574) and Rafael Palmeiro (5512), should be the first.

$100 Fine that would be incurred by a pro athlete who charges a kid under 16 for an autograph if a bill introduced by Rhode Island State Senator Roger Badeau becomes law.