- ...that Cuban boxer Kid Charol fought former world middleweight champion Dave Chade and held him to a twelve-round draw despite being in critical condition due to tuberculosis?
- ...that Major League Cricket planned to launch a professional cricket league in the United States, with the goal of qualifying the U.S. for the Cricket World Cup by 2011?
- ...that the race horse Flockton Grey did not even run in the race for which it is best remembered?
- ...that Raghib Ismail became the highest paid player in gridiron football history when he joined the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League?
- ...that Comiskey Park (pictured) was the oldest stadium in Major League Baseball until its demolition in 1991?