News and other tidbits that Chad Cloman finds interesting enough to share
A furniture store in Plano, Illinois held a promotion over the Labor Day weekend: If the Chicago Bears shut out the Green Bay Packers on their opening day football game, then any furniture purchased during the holiday weekend would be free. The final score was 26-0, and there were a lot of happy people after the game.
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A bit of history on why and how the NBA created the 24-second shot clock.
When the American Basketball Association (ABA) was folded into the NBA, the co-owners of one team opted to take a portion of the NBA’s television income, which at the time wasn’t that much. They are still receiving monthly payments, even though they haven’t owned a team since 1976, and it’s been worth about $168 million so far.
Anyone who watches sports news on TV has probably seen this video clip already, but this has got to be the luckiest hole in one in history. After a shot like that, the first thing I would’ve done was go buy a lottery ticket.
Here’s a neat gadget that will find those lost golf balls for you.
Chessboxing is a sport where competitors alternate between chess and boxing. You can win the competition via the chess game (checkmate or time expired) or the boxing (knockout or TKO). I don’t expect it to become popular, just because the potential audience—one that can enjoy the nuances of both chess and boxing—isn’t large enough.
