While it became a standard move in the NBA by the 1970s, dunking was banned in the NCAA for nine years when Kareem Abdul-Jabbar became the first superstar to regularly dunk the ball. He dominated so thoroughly that officials decided dunking gave teams an unfair advantage.
When was dunking allowed in the NBA? Guys like Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlin could dunk, but it was more of a force then finesse and style. Read More...
Benefits Of Large Driver Heads
The larger head drivers can also help to give certain players a bit more confidence in their golf game. They will look at the shot that they are supposed to hit and realize they have a much better chance of hitting it exactly as they should because of the larger head driver in their hand.
Does a bigger driver hit farther? Overall, the larger driver heads produced more distance in our test, but there were enough exceptions to rate this myth “Plausible” instead of “Confirmed. Read More...
Well, yes, and no. England invented a game of running around kicking a ball in the mid-19th century (although the Chinese claim to have played a version centuries earlier). They called it “football,” not because the ball is played with the feet, but because the game is played on foot rather on horseback.
Was football invented in England? Football's modern origins began in England more than 100 years ago, in 1863. Read More...