Did you know?

As I prepared to blog about sports again this week, I realized earlier today, there isn't a whole lot to go off about this week. I thought about doing a rant about how in NCAA football, the BCS is B.S., as the first 2006 BCS rankings came out this week, but I want to save that for when we get closer to bowl season. I thought about discussing the typical "Cardinal-ness" of Arizona's collapse against the Chicago Bears on monday night, but after four days, there's nothing new to say. So, I just decided to go in a completely new direction.

This blog will simply be the informative kind. I will astound and amaze by presenting sports facts and figures that even the most ardent sports fans may find hard to believe. It will all be done by asking...did you know?

Did you know that during the Chicago Bulls six championship runs in the 1990s, they weren't pushed to a seventh game in the NBA Finals even once?

Did you know that Charles Barkley, Karl Malone, Kevin Garnett and Steve Nash are the only NBA MVPs that have never won an NBA Championship?

Did you know that quarterback greats such as Terry Bradshaw, John Elway, Johnny Unitas and Troy Aikman DO NOT rank among the top 20 of all-time in QB rating?

Did you know that the first player in NFL history to catch 80 or more passes in three consecutive seasons was a tight-end? The Los Angeles Raiders' Todd Christensen (see photo above) pulled of the feat from 1984-1986.

Did you know that Bill Buckner, a former Cub, wore a Chicago Cubs batting glove under his mitt when Mookie Wilson's grounder went through his legs in the 1986 World Series? Perhaps battling two franchise curses at the same time?

Did you know that former Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox pitcher, Al Benton, is the only player in major league history to pitch to both Babe Ruth and Mickey Mantle?

Did you know that there are five shared team names among the four major professional sports leagues (NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL)? Cardinals, Panthers, Giants, Rangers and Kings.

Did you know that Steelers vs. Cowboys is the only Super Bowl matchup to occur three times?

Be honest, how much of this stuff did you know before reading this blog?