The reason why the spitball was banned was that it was regarded as doctoring a baseball. And everything that was considered doctoring a baseball was banned on this day in 1920. Throwing the spitball before that 10th of February 1920 was a common thing. Many pitchers did it.
Is the spitball illegal in baseball? Since Grimes's retirement the spitball has been completely illegal in the majors, but some pitchers have been suspected of throwing it. Read More...
Cuju or Ts'u-chü is an ancient Chinese football game. Cuju is the earliest known recorded game of football. It is a competitive game that involves kicking a ball through an opening into a net without the use of hands. Descriptions of the game date back to the Han dynasty, a Chinese military work from the 3rd–2nd ...
Was football really invented in China? Fifa first acknowledged that football originated in China at the China Football Expo in Beijing in 2004. Read More...
As mentioned, the outcomes of matches are predetermined, the superstars portray characters just as they do in any television show, but due to the physical and athletic nature of wrestling, injuries occur frequently and superstars bleeding in the ring is also legitimate, 98% of the time.
How much of wrestling is true? WWE is all about entertainment and everything is fully scripted by professional script writers, yes, even the Royal Rumble. Read More...