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How Well Do You Know The Oakland Raiders?

Saturday, November 21st, 2009

NFL fans from California are familiar with a lot of Oakland Raiders trivia, as they are one of the older and more established teams in professional football. Originally a part of the AFL, an Oakland Raiders quiz will show that they were part of the merger that created the NFL as we know it in 1970 when the AFL and the NFL joined, and they now play in the AFC West division.

 

The first few years of the Oakland Raiders were a little bumpy, but Al Davis was going to represent the turning point in the organization. An interesting piece of Oakland Raiders trivia is they had the youngest general manager and head coach to date in pro ball, and that Al David who at only 33 years of age took over those positions for the Raiders. This is when the team also adopted their famous silver and black color scheme, which remains their colors today. His first year was rough as he implemented his new policies, and his new offense, but his second season showed an impressive 8-5-1 record.

 

Another Golden Era for the Raiders was under the head coaching of John Madden, who was their coach during the seventies, and they would win their division six times during that decade.  It was in 1976 that the Raiders would win their first post merger Super bowl, as Super Bowl XI was a win by 32-14 over the Minnesota Vikings. Their next Super Bowl would come in 1980 over the Eagles. The third came in 1983. The ‘83 win is important to note as it was a Super Bowl win by the Los Angeles Raiders, as the team had moved to L.A. By then and would stay until its return to Oakland in 1995.

 

Unfortunately, an Oakland Raiders quiz today will not show many positives for the trouble plagued team. The last decade has been a long string of losing seasons, coaching and player turnovers, and many other problems for the team. 2002 was their last great year, in which they played in their last Super Bowl to date, and in which they went 11-5 in the regular season. In the seasons from 2003-2008, they have finished last in their division every year, except for 2008. They have two dubious records, one being the team to win the fewest games in those six years, and to be the only team to lose 11 games or more in six straight seasons.

 

 

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Is It All Over for Tyson?

Friday, July 10th, 2009

Mike Tyson Trivia is going to be interesting to any fan of boxing, because any complete knowledge of the sport would be incomplete without some Mike Tyson quiz knowledge included, as he is surely one of the most recognizable and formidable heavyweights to have entered the ring in the last several decades. To start with, did you know that Tyson’s full name is Michael Gerard “Mike” Tyson, but that he has also gone by the name Malik Abdul Aziz? Are you also familiar with Tyson’s famous monikers under which he has been billed under for promotions of his high selling boxing matches, such as “Iron Mike” “Kid Dynamite” and “The Baddest Man on the Planet”?

 

As a boxer, Mike Tyson trivia is going to be mostly about the statistics surrounding his boxing career, and these are some of the most impressive. His first 19 fights he won, all by knockout. 12 of those fights were ended within the first round.  Another fact that is important to realize is that Tyson was one of the great unifier of the heavyweight titles of the world, and he did in fact become the undisputed heavyweight champion in the late 1980s. His dethroning came at the hands of James “Buster “ Douglas, in one of the most famous and extreme upsets in the history of professional boxing as we know it today. The fight took place in Tokyo in 1990, and ended with Tyson getting knocked out in the 10th round.

 

Mike Tyson trivia unfortunately contains facts that extend beyond his boxing career. Criminal charges and controversy have been a large part of Tyson’s later life, although there was a certain amount of crossover into his boxing career with less than savory facts as well. For example, did you know that in 1997 Tyson would be involved in one of the most famous events in professional sports when in a rematch against Evander Holyfield, Tyson bit off a piece of Holyfield’s ear. As a result of this event, Mike Tyson would have his boxing license revoked and be unable to fight for over a year after the incident, in addition to being fined millions of dollars for his infraction which was generally considered to be one of the most flagrant displays of unsportsmanlike conduct in any kind of sport in modern sporting history. Tyson would fight again later in life, but after the Holyfield fight his career was all but finished, but he would finish with an outstanding record, recording only 6 professional losses.

 

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