re: Post a random bit of sports trivia

I thought it'd be him too. He retired in 2000

The Giants started three 40 y/o outfielders in 2006: Barry Bonds, Steve Finley, and Moises Alou.

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Tony Romo is clutchier than Joe Montana, Roger

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Any one of which laughs at the comparison!

Matt Millen is the only NFL player to win the Super Bowl with 3 different teams: Raiders, 49ers & Redskins.

Rod Martin holds the Super Bowl record for having 3 interceptions in one game in theRaiders defeat of the Eagles in 1981.

In 1977, Cliff Branch of the Raiders made the Pro Bowl with 33 receptions for 540 yards and 6 Tds.

(Calvin Johnson had almost half of Branch's 14 game season total last week alone.)

How difficult was 1977 to score?


The 1977 Falcons surrendered just 9.2 PPG, or a total of 129 points in the 14-game season...

And failed to make the playoffs.

The Clippers threw more alley oops last year than 28 teams threw in the last two years combined. Denver is the only team that had more in the last two years than LA had last year.

The Detroit Lions have drafted more Heisman Trophy winners than any other team:

Larry Kelley (1937), Clint Frank (1938), Frank Sinkwich (1943), Glenn Davis (1947), Leon Hart (1950), Howard “Hopalong” Cassady (1956), Steve Owens (1969), Billy Sims (1980), Barry Sanders (1989), and Andre Ware (1990).

(including back-to-back Heisman trophy winners)

Only 8 Heisman Trophy winners have been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame:

Doak Walker, Paul Hornung, Roger Staubach, O.J. Simpson, Tony Dorsett, Earl Campbell, Marcus Allen, and Barry Sanders.

In the 1985 USFL Draft - Jerry Rice was selected 1st overall by the Birmingham Stallions.

In the 1985 NFL Draft - Jerry Rice was selected 16th overall by the 49ers.

Bobby Hebert won the 1983 USFL championship with the Michigan Panthers and was named the games MVP. In his 3 years in the USFL, Hebert completed 773 of 1,407 passes for 13,137 passing yards and holds the USFL record as the all-time leader in passing yardage.

The San Antonio Spurs are the only team in the NBA to have won a championship under the current format by winning every series in the same number of games (6). They did so in the first year the 7-7-7-7 format was implemented (2003) by defeating the Phoenix Suns, then-three-time defending champion Los Angeles Lakers, the Dallas Mavericks, and the New Jersey Nets in 6 games apiece.

The Spurs clinched every series on their opponents' floor except for the Finals against the Nets (due to the now-defunct 2-3-2 NBA Finals format)