Alberto (Baby) Arizmendi holds the record for youngest professional debut by a boxer. He is believed to have turned pro at the tender age of 10!

The Schooner America won the Hundred Guinea Cup on August 22, 1851. The Crew donated their trophy to the New York Yacht Club under the condition that the cup "be preserved as a perpetual Challenge Cup for friendly competition between foreign countries," and the America's Cup race was born. From 1870, the next time the race was held, until 1980, American yachts won the America's Cup race 24 times without a loss (the race was not always an annual event). The Australian yacht Australia II finally took the cup when it won the race in 1983.

Mary Queen of Scots, the first known female golfer, coined the term "caddy" in 1552, calling her assistants cadets. During her reign, the famous golf course at St. Andrews was built.

On May 17, 1939, baseball became the first sport ever televised in the U.S. The game was between Princeton and Columbia at Baker Field. Princeton won 2-1.

In rugby, a scrummage or scrum is a way of restarting the game, either after a minor infringement, or after the ball has gone onto the ground after a successful tackle. The middle player in each front row is the hooker.

As a junior at Ohio State Archie Griffin was named to every All-American team and was called "the greatest football player I've ever coached" by Woody Hayes. Combining power, speed and an uncanny ability to break four or five tackles on a single play, he smashed the all-time record for running backs in the Big Ten, amassing 4,064 yards. As a senior, Archie extended his record of consecutive 100-yards plus games to 31, his overall yardage to 5,176 and became the only player ever to win the Heisman twice.

Curtis Strange became the first golfer to surpass $1 million in yearly earnings in 1988, when he won four titles. Strange was named Player of the Year in 1985, 1987 and 1988.

The National Basketball Association established the Podoloff Cup, named for Maurice Podoloff, the league's first commissioner, as the its Most Valuable Player award in 1956. The winner was originally chosen by the NBA players. Since 1981, however, it has been based on a poll of professional basketball broadcasters and writers.

Sports cause more than 40,000 eye injuries each year. More than 90 percent of these injuries can be prevented. Overall, baseball causes the most eye injuries, followed by basketball, water sports and racquet sports.

American speedskater Bonnie Blair competed for the United States in four Olympics. In the process she became the first American woman to win five gold medals.