Baseball

“Contemporaries rated him fastest man on base paths.”

These words grace the Hall of Fame plaque of the fifth Negro League baseball player to be inducted into Cooperstown. The legend of his speed came with more than a few embellishments, like the claim that he once hit a line drive up the middle and was struck by the ball as he slid into second base. Who was he?

James "Cool Papa" Bell

Uncategorized

The first televised 147 maximum break in professional tournament play came in 1982 from Hall of Famer Steve "The Ginger Magician" Davis in the quarterfinals of the Lada Classic. His opponent in the match was a fellow Hall of Famer and former world champion. Who was Davis' opponent in that quarterfinal match? In 1982, an actor of the same name featured in the movie "Echoes," which has a whopping 3.9/10 rating on IMDB. The actor would finally receive his big break (pun intended) on a TV show some 17 years later, eventually winning an Emmy for his work on that show.

John Spencer

Soccer

In 1990, Argentina’s Pedro Monzon was the first player ever sent off in a men’s World Cup final, and in 2010 John Heitinga of the Netherlands became the fifth. Who was the fourth?

Zinedine Zidane