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The earliest sports figurine most popularly known was Johnny Hero "in the year 1965, just a year after G.I. Joe; the figure had silk track shorts and short-sleeve shirt with trim (piping) and was produced by Rosko Industries of New York". [8]
Among the most successful and popular sports figures of the 20th century, [139] Pelé is one of the most lauded players in the history of football and has been frequently ranked the best player ever. [ 2 ] [ 140 ] [ 141 ] [ 142 ] Following his emergence at the 1958 World Cup he was nicknamed O Rei ("The King"). [ 143 ]
In its original form, athletes were depicted on the sides or back of the cereal box, though in 1958 Wheaties began placing the pictures on the front of the box. The tradition has included hundreds of athletes from many different sports, and also team depictions. [citation needed]
A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one letter, while the black squares are used to ...
66D: Lead regulator, for short (Wednesday, April 17) 58D: Org. that enforces the Toxic Substances Control Act (Wednesday, May 29) 62D: Org. concerned with climate change (Thursday, June 13)
Since 2018, quadruple jumps have also become an increasingly common feature of women's skating, although they are not allowed under the International Skating Union ("ISU") rules in the ladies' short program. [4] [5] The first person to land a ratified quadruple jump in competition was Canadian Kurt Browning in 1988.
The Salchow jump is an edge jump in figure skating. It was named after its inventor, Ulrich Salchow, in 1909. The Salchow is accomplished with a takeoff from the back inside edge of one foot and a landing on the back outside edge of the opposite foot. It is "usually the first jump that skaters learn to double, and the first or second to triple ...
He has said that his favorite crossword of all time is the Election Day crossword of November 5, 1996, designed by Jeremiah Farrell. It had two correct solutions with the same set of clues, one saying that the "Lead story in tomorrow's newspaper (!)" would be "BOB DOLE ELECTED", and the other correct solution saying "CLINTON ELECTED". [18]