Sports Facts for Kids

Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in a single NBA basketball game in 1962 — a record that still stands.

Breaking (breakdancing) made its Olympic debut at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Michael Jordan was cut from his high school varsity basketball team as a sophomore before becoming the greatest player of all time.

A professional soccer player runs an average of about 7 miles per game.

The Super Bowl is the most watched television event in the United States every year.

In the 1800s, swimming was taught to sailors so they could survive shipwrecks, which helped make it a popular sport.

An NHL hockey puck can travel at speeds over 100 miles per hour when slapped by a professional player.

Horse racing is considered one of the oldest professional sports, with organised races dating back to 648 BC in ancient Greece.

Almost all Olympic curling stones are made from a special granite found on only one small island in Scotland called Ailsa Craig.

A properly inflated NBA basketball must bounce between 49 and 54 inches when dropped from 6 feet.