Did you know who beat Magic Johnson for the rookie of the year?
Did you know that Magic Johnson became the first rookie ever to win the Finals MVP Award?
Did you know that Larry Bird beat Magic Johnson for the NBA Rookie of the Year Award in the 1979-80 season?
Did you know that Larry Bird went to Indiana State College?
Did you know that Larry won the Rookie of the Year in the 1979-80 season?
Did you know that Bird won three championships with the Boston Celtics in 1981, 1984, and 1986?
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Did you know these are the only guys in history to ever accomplish this feat? |
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Wes Unseld in 1969
and
Wilt Chamberlain in 1960.
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Did you know thatFred
Lynn in 1975 and Ichiro Suzuki in
2001 are the only two players who have been named
Rookie of the Year and
Most Valuable Player in the same
year.
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Did you know who won rookie of the year, then the next year won MVP?It has happened three times so far in history, the winners of these prestigious awards were:
Cal Ripken Jr. - American League RoY in 1982 and American League MVP in 1983.
Ryan Howard - National League RoY in 2005 and National League MVP in 2006.
Dustin Pedroia - AL RoY in 2007 and AL MVP in 2008.
Did you know the only player who has ever won back to back Heisman Trophy?
That would be
Archie Griffin of the
Ohio State Buckeyes, he won in 1974 and 1975.
Did you know that only
three sophomores in history have won the Heisman Trophy?
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Did you know that if
Facebook was a country it would be the 4th largest country in the world.
Yet, even though the Internet population has grown to 1.8 billion users it still lags behind the fastest growing technology in history, the cell phone. Interestingly, it took the cell phone also many years to become commonplace. Cell phones were developed in the 1940s, introduced in 1978 but became an ubiquitous item only in the 2000s. But cell phones enjoyed the fastest uptake with more than 3 billion people acquiring cell phones during the past 6 years; more than 4 billion people now own a cell phones. Which is almost as many people that listen to radio.