Tim Price

Texas Sports Trivia Tim Price

The Wildcatter attitude and thirst for winning have supplied the world with great players and personalities in nearly every sport. Bringing together stories of athletic heroics, hard-fought rivalries, memorable characters and unforgettable moments, Texas Sports Trivia combines the quirky, the comical and the unusual:

* Seven-time winner of the Tour de France, Dallas-born Lance Armstrong once rode up the Champs-Elysees at the finish holding the Lone Star flag high, but nearly crashed when it caught in the chain of his bicycle

* AstroTurf got its name when it was installed in the Houston Astrodome; the real grass died after the roof's skylights were painted over

* Before becoming president of the United States, George W. Bush was the managing partner of the Texas Rangers baseball club

* Texas A&M star Kenneth Hall, dubbed the "Sugar Land Express," has set 17 national records, including 4045 rushing yards in a single season, a record that has never been broken

* In 1973, East Texas-born George Foreman took on an undefeated Joe Frazier and knocked him out in the second round to win the World Heavyweight Championship

* The largest 100-mile cycling event in the nation, the Hotter'N Hell Hundred pays homage to our 100-degree temperatures and is contested by almost 15,000 participants in the blowtorch heat every August.

And many more...