HEAD COACH? DON’T LET THE DOOR HIT YOU ON THE WAY OUT
A head coach who currently has a job in one of the US’s four major professional sports can expect to keep it for only 3.3 seasons.
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A head coach who currently has a job in one of the US’s four major professional sports can expect to keep it for only 3.3 seasons.
As every team in baseball cracks the 40-game plateau this week, it's a good time to take a look at the fastest starters in Major League history.
The odds a Major League game will be a perfect game are 1 in 11,500. It is slightly more likely that a male in the US is named Mary (1 in 11,110).
Over the years, only 1 in 45.83 horses entered in the Kentucky Derby have been fillies, and the odds a horse that wins the Kentucky Derby is a filly are just 1 in 43.67.
The odds a number-one pick in the NBA draft will be voted Rookie of the Year are 1 in 2.9.
Bobo Holloman was not much of a major league pitcher. He pitched for only one season, going 3-7 with a 5.23 ERA for the 1953 St. Louis Browns. But he did throw a no-hitter.
The chances of successfully stealing home are not as slim as one might think. The odds of a major leaguer successfully swiping the dish are 1 in 3.68.
The odds a football player selected in the 1st round of the NFL Draft was a quarterback in college are 1 in 13.13, but the odds for the first pick are much higher: since the NFL-AFL merger of 1970, a quarterback has been taken No. 1 overall 17 times, odds of 1 in 2.35
Who ran the Boston Marathon faster, Will Ferrell or Mario Lopez? Who holds the record for most Boston Marathon's completed? Here are 10 facts you might not know about the yearly race.
Based on recent history, the odds the winner of the Boston Marathon will be American are 1 in 5. The odds it will be a Kenyan? A resounding 1 in 2.06.