Chris Evert popularized the two-fisted backhand, which she began using out of necessity when she was six years old.
Beginning her professional career in 1972, Evert has won close to 150 women’s singles titles and more than 1,000 career matches.
A regulation basketball hoop is 10 feet above the floor.
More lethal than any soccer riot was the collapse of the grandstands of the Hong Kong Jockey Club on February 26, 1916. In all, 606 racetrack spectators died; hundreds more were injured, making it the worst sports disaster in history.
The first man to win the tennis grand slam in the same calendar year was J. Donald (Don) Budge (b. 1915) in 1938.
The first woman to cross the English Channel, Gertrude Ederle, clocked in at 14 hours, 39 minutes on August 5, 1926. In doing so, she broke the existing men’s record.
Jack Johnson was the first black man to become heavyweight champion on December 26, 1908. He remained the champion until April 5, 1915, when Jess Willard defeated him in Havana, Cuba.
A golf hole is 4.25 inches in diameter and at least 4 inches deep.