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How Often Do NFL Onside Kicks Work?

Before the NFL's 2018 kickoff rules, 21.2% of onside kicks were recovered (1992 to 2017). In 2023, NFL.com reported 5.2%, or about 1 in 20.

Does the Super Bowl Coin Toss Matter?

In 60 Super Bowls, the team that won the opening coin toss won the game 26 times, or 43%, no better than a coin flip, and lost 8 straight from XLIX to LVI.

Baseball Superstitions and World Series Droughts

The Cubs: 108 years between World Series titles (1908 to 2016), longer than the White Sox at 88 years and the Red Sox at 86 (Baseball-Reference).

The Odds of a Perfect March Madness Bracket

NCAA.com's figure for the average Bracket Challenge player: 1 in 120.2 billion for a perfect 63-game men's bracket (2026). Pure guessing: 1 in 9.2 quintillion.

Source: NCAA.com · Data year 2026 · per event

The odds an MLB game will include a player hitting for the cycle

1 in 739.2 The odds an MLB game will include a player hitting for the cycle are 1 in 739.2 (US and CA, 1/1/1901…

How Rare Were Three Wild Card Rematches?

Book of Odds estimated the odds that three of four NFL wild card games would be Week 17 rematches at about 1 in 1,700, after it happened in January 2010.

The Tiger Woods Question

With Tiger Woods’ personal life among the most talked about tempests in the public teapot, we have been asked by many sources about the…

What Was the Shortest Nine-Inning MLB Game Ever?

The shortest nine-inning MLB game took 51 minutes: Giants 6, Phillies 1, Sept. 28, 1919. The fewest pitches by one pitcher is 58, a 1944 newspaper count.

How Many Americans Go Fishing Each Year?

About 19 percent of Americans ages 6 and over, 57.9 million people, went fishing at least once in 2024, the 2025 Special Report on Fishing estimates.

NFL Field Goals Go Through More Often Now

2020 to 2025: NFL kickers made 85.0% of field goals, against 77.0% in the 1990s and 61.1% in the 1970s (regular season).

Swing and a Miss: Strikeouts in Baseball

Pitching is so important in baseball that as the position players arrive at their Florida and Arizona stadiums this week for spring training, they'll…

NFL Head Coaches Run on a Short Clock

About 4 years: the median career of the 32 NFL head coaches at the start of the 2026 season was 4.0 regular-season years (NFL Record & Fact Book).