You may notice black paint or black stickers under an athletes’ eyes during sports games. Most commonly football players, MLB, softball, and lacrosse players rock this eye black look for matches. While the black under the eyes looks cool, you may be surprised that there is a functional reason to use this for games. Here […]
Lambeau Field is home to the NFL team, Green Back Packers. The location of the Pro Football venue is out in Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States, and is known as the Frozen Tundra to many. Being out in Wisconsin, cold weather games are standard for the home team. Four of the coldest NFL games have […]
CenturyLink Field is home to the NFL team, Seattle Seahawks, and soccer team, Seattle Sounders, since 2002. Out in Seattle, Washington, CenturyLink is one of the loudest venues in the United States today. The fans in Seattle are known as the 12th Man due to their noise level distracting their opponents. Even TV announcers call […]
Metlife Stadium is the new stadium home of the NFL New York Giants and New York Jets teams. While both teams represent New York in their name, they both play football games in East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States. A common question is why is Metlife Stadium in New Jersey if the teams represent New […]
Gillette Stadium, out in Foxborough, Massachusetts, is the NFL home of the New England Patriots. The venue sits about twenty-eight miles away from Boston, so it is about a 45-minute drive. Foxborough has been the official home of the New England Patriots since 1971 in Massachusetts. Many people wonder why Gillette stadium is so far […]
Back in the early 1900s, baseball cards and tobacco were sold together to baseball fans. What initially began as a fun collectors’ item quickly grew into a lucrative hobby for fans to buy and sell. Some cards today are worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, while some are worth millions. Here is the breakdown of […]
There are many reasons why baseball players choose to chew bubble gum during baseball games. Some reasons to chew gum include out of habit, superstition, keeping their mouth moist, and more. Another reason for the increase in chewing gum is MLB’s way to phase out smokeless tobacco during games. Here is the breakdown of chewing […]
While baseball players and managers can receive an ejection from an MLB game, many wonder if umpires can receive ejections. Can umpires eject each other from the game after missing a call, for example? Are fans able to obtain an ejection as well from an umpire during a match? Below are the answers to these […]
How Many Stitches are on a Major League Baseball? A total of 108 double stitches make up an official Major League Baseball, with the first and last stitch hidden on the ball. That means 216 total stitches cover the seams of the ball. Two figure-8 patterns of cowhide covering pieces of material are sewn together […]
Ice Hockey is an extremely rough sport and one of the few that promotes fighting outside the standard gameplay. NHL players in 2019 took place in .19 fights per game, which is down considerably from .60 fights per game in ten years ago. In total, 238 hockey fights took place during 2019. A common question […]
