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...that the 2000 Black Coaches Association Classic was postponed by an electrical storm during which lightning struck ESPN broadcaster Lee Corso's rental car?
...that Homer Mensch, the double bassist who played the theme for Jaws, originally wanted to be a tennis player?
...that on Mother's Day, May 14, 2006, the Louisville Slugger Company produced more than 400 pink baseball bats (pictured) for game use by more than 50 professional baseball players?
...that although Kylie Gauci is a 2 point player, she was the only player on her team to score a three point basket at the 2012 Paralympics?
...that Matthew Robinson, older brother of Baseball Hall of Fame member Jackie Robinson, was a world-class sprinter and won a silver medal in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin?

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