June 18- Sports

Since I am blogging right now to avoid studying for French finals, it makes perfect sense that this question be about a sport loved by the French people, and pretty much every country outside the U.S.: Soccer/Football. Now for 1000's of years, countries from all over the world have developed their own versions of ball games. The Greeks and Romans are especially known for having games like modern day soccer/football. But, unfortunately, it is my unpleasant duty to announce today that though the word "ball" implies "sphere", the shape of a soccer ball is not a sphere. Which brings me to my daily question: What shape is a soccer ball?






The shape of a soccer ball is actually a, well, uhhh, it's a truncated icosahedron. Basically, a bunch of hexagons and octagons sewn together.
For more info visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truncated_icosahedron
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football

May 7- Sports

If you follow sports particularly close (don't worry, I don't either) you might know that drafting is going on in the NFL. One of my favorite sports to watch, if not the favorite, is football. One of my favorite parts about the sport to watch are the suspenseful plays, particularly field goals. It's crazy to watch how accurate the kicks can be, especially since I can't kick at all (which you might already know because I'm a blogger :) So, for my question of the day, I ask: Who kicked the longest field goal and how long was it?





Trick Question! Two people share the title for the regular season: Tom Dempsey in 1970 and Jason Elam in 1998. The distance was 63 yards.