The Rumor Mill

The Rumors dispensed here are all made up, weather it is said they are true or false.

Sports Rumors


NBA

Tracy Mcgrady actually had an assist in a game. (False)

Michael Jordan, after failing to make his high school basketball team in his first year trying, played the race card to get on in year two. (True)

Mugsy Bouges is related to Bugsy Siegal. (True)

Karl Malone has only played one game where he didn't elbow somebody. (True, He tripped and sprained his ankle 10 seconds in)

The 2001 NBA Draft was rigged so the Washington Wizards would win it. (True)

John Stockton owns stock in the the company TON (Stock-Ton) (True)

Gary Payton is nicknamed "The Glove" not because of his defensive prowess, but because he secretly dreams about being Michael Jackson's glove when he grabs his groin on stage. (True)

Vince Carter is the silent owner of Air Canada. (True)

Allen Iverson's nickname "The Answer" came about while he was watching the movie "Shaft" with his friends. Apparently one of his friends asked "Who's that cat who doesn't know how to pass?" And "The Answer" was Allen Iverson. (True)

Dennis Rodman once ate a man for making fun of his hair. (True)

Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neil once guest starred on I Love Lucy. (True)

Shaquille O'Neil has been designated by NASA as the Earth's second largest natural satellite when he flies. (False, he's the first largest)

Kazaam, starring Shaq was a multi-million dollar blockbuster that made more money than Titanic and ET combined. (True)

The Utah Jazz and Seattle Supersonics franchises have fans that go to their home games and cheer for them. (False)

The Mailman don't deliver on Sunday. (True, thanks to Scottie Pippin for this rumor)

The New Jersey Nets franchise does not actually exist, and all of their broadcaster games are created using Computer Generation. (True)

Former Boston Celtic Larry Bird is part bird. (False, he's part platypus)

NBA Basketballs are made from leftover Dennis Rodman Condoms. (False, he doesn't use condoms)

Kevin McHale once killed a referee for calling a shot he thought was a three pointer a two pointer, the strange part is the Celtics were leading by 27 with 3.4 seconds remaining in the game. (True)

MLB (Major League Baseball)

The world is run by Mo Vaughn, Johnny Bench and Chef Boyardee, with ESPN commentator Joe Morgan as their personal valet. (True)

Chris Berman has a lower back problem, that mysteriously only crops up when someone hits a home run, and that's why he chants (Back, Back, Back, Back) When someone hits one. (True)

Barry Bonds' throw to try to get out Sid Bream in the 1992 NLCS was right on the money. (False)

Mark McGuire is an ancestor of Paul Bunyan. (True)

The Atlanta Braves were originally located on the island of Atlantis but moved 3 years after the island sank. (True)

To play for the Milwaukee Brewers you must be drunk at all times. (True)

The Los Angeles Dodgers started out as a dodge ball team in 1938, but switched to baseball to dodge the W.W.II draft. (True)

Todd Zeile was awarded the Congressional medal of honor for "Conspicuous gallantry in the face of great danger and furious hot dogs." (True)

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays are owned by Satan. (False, they're owned by Little Nicky)

The Florida Marlins were fined $27,000 when one of their players speared Albert Belle with their snout. (True)

The Houston Astros play their home games in space. (True)

Cal Ripken was nicknamed "The Iron Man" by his wife. (True)

Tom Hanks' son Colin pitches for the San Diego Padres. (True)

The Chicago Cubs are really the Chicago Bears in disguise, Brian Urlacher is Sammy Sosa. (True)

The Montreal Expos are mathematically eliminated from the playoffs on opening day. (True)

Chuck Knoblach's nickname is ChuKnob. (True)

Scott Brosious is a member of the KKK, and won't bat with a black colored bat. (True)

Albert Belle once played a game in which he didn't swear. (False)

Shannon Stewart of the Toronto Blue Jays has been nicknamed "The Babe" by his teammates, but only because he wines like a baby. (True)

Oil giant Enron drills for oil in Enron field during the seventh inning stretch. (True)

Baseballs are made entirely out of horse feathers. (True)
 

NHL

The ice at the San Jose Sharks' arena has great white sharks swimming under it. (True)

The Detroit Red Wings are owned by Russia, and all of their employees are Russian. (True)

The Dallas Stars have a special clause in their contract with the NHL that allow their goal tender to have "gulpin whisky" in his bottle on top of the net. (True)

The Montreal Canadians have to drink 5 bottles of Molson Canadian each before a game as part of their tenancy deal with the Molson Centre. (True)

Wayne Gretzky doesn't know how to skate. (True)

After giving up the Stanley Cup winning goal to the Colorado Avalanche in 1996 John Vanbiesbrook stated. "I'm going to Disney world, my car is double parked there!" (False, He stated: "Well, that's the end of me.")

DJ Jazzy Jeff plays for the Edmonton Oilers. (True)

The Calgary Flames set their opponents on fire after a win. (True)

Eric Lindros sometimes thinks he's a pelican and tries to stand on one skate and eat the puck. (True)

The Minnesota Wild franchise is owned by the Crocodile Hunter. (True)

Al Gore plays goal tender for the St. Louis Blues. (True)

The Octopus phenomenon in Detroit was started by Darrius Kasparitus who was quoting the tablet on the Statue of Liberty but got the word "Octopus" confused with the word "Masses." (True)

The Nashville Predators franchise was fined $14,276 after one of their players stalked Willie Nelson for 7 months. (True)

Chester, the Cheetos spokes cat plays for the Florida Panthers. (True)

Lenny and Carl from the Simpsons are members of the Los Angeles Kings' booster club.

The Stanley Cup Belongs in Colorado (TRUE!!!!!)

The Stanely Cup is used as a beer mug in the "Frogger Kennedy Pub" in Rochester, NY when it is not being used. (True)

The King Clancy Trophy is named after the first King of Canada, who invented Clancy's amber ale. (True)

Mats Sundin is a Swedish spy named Olman Heichenburger when he is not playing hockey. He successfully solved the Caramilk secret ending the cold war. (True)

Doug Gilmore is part cow. (True)

NFL

Forrest Gump played for the New England Patriots and won 17 super bowls over his 17 year career, amassing 226,000 yards rushing. (True)

Keyshawn Johnson once made a good play. (False)

Randy Moss has such a big mouth that the quarterback once threw a pass and he caught it in his mouth. (True)

Bill Parcells was the main reason any of his teams did well. (False)

Jerry Rice played the voice of the little alien guy on the Flintstones. (True)

John Elway sometimes picked up KFAN of Denver through a metal plate in his head and talked as if he was the radio station, entertaining his Offensive line for hours. (True)

The Super Bowl was first played on ice and called "The Super God Damn Sun Bitch Slippery Bowl." (True)

Deion Saunders wrote a song and dance routine about every touchdown he scored, and once high stepped 80 yards for a touchdown when the opposing team thought the Cowboys were just going to run out the clock. (True)

NFL footballs are filled with Doritos. (True)

When the rumor was first stated that the Dallas Cowboy's stadium has a hole in the roof because it's God's favorite team and he wanted to watch them play, the cowboys lost that day and a steady stream of yellow rain came down and landed only in the stadium, the rain was later DNA tested and positively matched to God as his urine making the truth known that the stadium is actually god's toilet. (True)

Barry Saunders was once credited for running 117 yards for a touchdown because the official scorekeeper was a college graduate from the less than stellar state of Arkansas. This same scorekeeper also assessed Deion Saunders a safety for having a squirrel in his pocket and awarded a game to Brett Farve's Packers because he said he had a "Real purdy mouth." (True)

Both the "New York" Jets, and the "New York" Giants play their home games in New Jersey. (This one is actually true)

The Oakland Raiders and Tampa Bay Buccaneers once commandeered NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue's Private yaught looking for "Booty."

The Seattle Seahawks once won a game on a very inventive play. It was in the fourth quarter, with 7 minutes left. They were leading by one. They punted the ball and the other team didn't touch it. The Seahawks then formed a circle around the motionless ball and defended it until the clock ran out. Under NFL rules, the clock stops on change of posession, but the other team couldn't get to it, thus preventing the clock from stopping, and preserving the Seahawks 1 point win. (False)
 

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