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Know Your Basics

Need to know the length of football season, what the term "triple-double" means, or how a team makes it to the playoffs- This page is for you. The information on these pages spans from really basic to really trivial, so enjoy at the risk of becoming a sports guy.

MLB

Baseball is  has been labeled "America's Pastime" because during the late 19th and early 20th century it was the  most widely played sport in the country. More..

College Football

College Football is absolutely American.  It is essentially a combination of rugby and soccer that was conceived by several universities in the 1870’s. More...

NFL

The National Football League (NFL) has, in many people’s view, supplanted baseball as “America’s Pastime.”  The debate of what is more popular College versus Pro Football shows no sign of getting any easier as both sports have a huge fan base throughout the country. More...

NBA

NBA consists of 30 teams which are divided into two Conferences (Eastern and Western) consisting three divisions each.  More...

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Golf

Golf is probably one of the simplest professional sports.  There is no standardized playing area, no clock, and very few rules.  More...

Soccer

Soccer (or football as it is more commonly referred to outside of the United States) is the most popular sport in the world.  More...

NASCAR

NASCAR, or The National Association for Stock Car Racing, is the most popular type of car racing.  NASCAR is actually the association that governs stock car racing, and sanctions several levels of car racing. More...

College Basketball

...The NCAA Tournament is the second biggest sports gambling event, behind only the Super Bowl.  With nearly $5 billion being wagered on the sporting event, you’ll surely have co-workers frantically filling out “brackets” as the tournament nears. More...

Hockey

Unique among sports (other than curling, but that’s a story for another day), hockey is played on a sheet of ice with all the players carrying sticks and wearing ice skates. More...