While sports fans, who spend much time enjoying our hobby. We are sitting with friends in bars, lounges, or on sites talking about sports teams, players, and highlights. Here are some fun sports events and general sports news pieces to add to the conversation follows.

FOOTBALL

Ticket prices for the first Super Bowl in 1967 ranged from $ 6 to $ 12. Today, can cost thousands of dollars!

In 1990 San Francisco 49ers became the first team to score 50 points in the Super Bowl. They were also the first team to win five Super Bowl titles.

Deion Sanders has played with San Francisco in 1994 with the Dallas Cowboys in 1995. The two teams visited Super Bowl and both teams were victorious. Before that, Deion Sanders played with the Atlanta Braves and MLB went to the World Series in 1992. This is also the only player in professional sports to have scored a touchdown and hit a home run in the same week.

BASEBALL

Cy Young was credited with being the first pitcher in the modern era to throw a perfect game. In fact, the first professional baseball pitcher it was Lee Richmond, 12 June 1880 with the Worcester, Massachusetts.

The first black player inducted into the Hall of Fame baseball for Jackie Robinson in 1962. The first woman to be elected Effa Manley in 2006, and not as a player but as a team owner / manager.

Ken Griffey Sr. and Ken Griffey Jr. played with the Mariners Seattle. They are the only father and son in the MLB players have beaten back-to-back homers in a game of MLB.

BASKETBALL

The Lakers did the most appearances in the NBA Finals, but most are not diplomas from the NBA. They with 30 attempts, with 15 victories. The Celtics have the largest number of with 17 victories in 20 games.

The lowest scoring game in NBA history has been between the Pistons and the Lakers in 1950, 19 to 18.

A of the reasons why the New Jersey Nets NBA team, was named to rhyme with other local professional teams, the Mets and Jets.

HOCKEY

With 472 minutes sitting on the penalty bench, Dave Schultz, aka "The Hammer has the record of minutes most of the penalty in a season.

Ron Hextall, playing for Philadelphia in 1987, was the first NHL goalie to score a goal during a match.

The sports hockey fans wave towels to the referees for bad calls and hats thrown on the ice when a player scored three goals in a game. In Detroit, fans can do to throw an octopus on the ice, if the Red Wings winning in the playoffs.

Modern Olympic Games

In 1980, the U.S. hockey team beat the USSR in the incredible miracle victory. However, this was not the game for the gold medal. It took to defeat Finland to win gold.

Olympics first included an unusual number Sport: Tug-of-war, 100 meters freestyle for sailors, climbing ropes, a swimming obstacle race, a race to the bottom of the sea and live pigeon shooting.

Curling is a team sport in the Winter Olympics since 1998. It is played on ice with polished granite stone and two brooms.

Women in Sport

-Jackie Joyner-Kersee was the first and only woman to be named "The Sporting News" Man of the Year (1988).

Janet Guthrie was the first woman to race in the Indianapolis 500 in 1977. 29e completed.

The first woman gymnast to score a perfect 10 at the Olympics was Nadia Comaneci (Montreal 1976).

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Charlene Rose- 2009 Seattle Salsa Festival