Ksenia Sport

07/07/2022

Major League Baseball teams use about 850,000 balls per season.

That's completely reasonable.

07/07/2022

The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece in 1896. There were 311 male but no female competitors.

Times, they are a-changing.

05/07/2022

More than 100 million people hold hunting licenses.

That's a comfortable thought.

29/06/2022

A forfeited game in baseball is recorded as 9-0.

Nine innings makes this a bit more clear.

29/06/2022

The Kentucky Derby is the oldest continually held sports event in the United States (1875), with the second being the Westminster Kennel Club Dog show (1876).

If they want large fanbases like other sports, both need to adopt exorbitant salaries, unnecessarily large stadiums and controversial athletes.

29/06/2022

25/06/2022

Prior to 1900, prize fights lasted up to 100 rounds.

It's completely safe—they go numb after 20.