The NFL Draft is officially called the Annual Player Selection Meeting, and it has been held every year since 1936, making it one of the oldest ongoing player recruitment events in professional sports. Teams are awarded draft positions in reverse order of their previous season’s record, meaning the worst team picks first and the Super…
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Fun Facts and Trivia About The Super Bowl
The first Super Bowl was played in 1967. Originally called the AFL–NFL World Championship Game, the name “Super Bowl” later caught on. The term “Super Bowl” was inspired by a toy called the Super Ball, which Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt noticed his children playing with. Super Bowl I didn’t sell out, forcing local…
Fun Fact: American Samoa’s Surprising History with NFL Football
American Samoa is actually a hotbed for rising football stars as they are 56 times more likely than a person from mainland USA to play in the NFL.
Things I Like: Bobby Boucher (The Waterboy)
Bobby Boucher is one of my favorite Adam Sandler characters and I don’t think I’m alone. This lovable idiot is almost impossible to hate, unless you’re some kind of cynical movie critic or something. His love and passion for water were completely unreal. Admirable but very very strange. And apparently it stemmed from his mother…
Things I Like: Vicki Vallencourt (The Waterboy)
Vicki Vallencourt was one of my least favorite love interests in Adam Sandler’s movies. Her character is kinda trashy and I just never found Fairuza Balk attractive either in any role. Nor do I really understand why she would even want to go out with Bobby Boucher. Two totally different kinds of people. But I…