Cricket is a team sport for two teams each of eleven players. This game can last for an afternoon to several days. To play cricket you need a hard, cork and string ball, covered with leather, cricket bat, wickets, stumps, and bails. A cricket field is a roughly elliptical field of flat grass, ranging in size from about 90 to 150 meters. The order in which the teams bat is determined by a coin toss.  When ever the batsman hits the ball during a delivery he may score runs. Cricket is much like baseball and uses specialized terms to describe each section of the game.

To gain flexibility, you should gently stretch for 20 to 30 minutes a day.  By gently stretching for a longer period of time, you will not be at risk of pulling/damaging your muscles. Repetition will also help you gain flexibility fast. By repeating  stretches 2 to 3 times per stretching session, your muscles will grow longer faster. Also, while stretching, you should breath deeply, fully, and slowly. This will stop your body for becoming tense. When you breath deeply your muscles will relax, helping you to become more flexible faster.

"Pickleball" was invented by several dads in 1965 and one of them was former U.S. Congressman Joel Pritchard. The reason why they invented it was to entertain their children. The name "Pickleball" got its name from the dog "Pickles" who chased balls and wouldn't bring them back, but this story may not be true. There are over 150,000 pickle ball players in the Untied States today. After congressman invented the game of Pickleball it slowly expanded and was known as "Americas newest racket sport" in 1976.

Nancy Lieberman was the first women to play in a professional men's sports league, in 1986.

In 1992, Manon Rheaume became the first women to play men's professional hockey. The Tampa Bay Lightning signed her.

In 1945, Didrikson Zaharias was one of the first professional golfers.

In 2003, Hayley Wickenheiser became the first female to score against men in men's professional hockey.

Ila Borders became the first women to play in an integrated professional league in 1997.

A 12-year-old from Corning, N.Y. Kathryn Johnson becomes the first girl to play Little League Baseball

In 1890 the first African American to become a world boxing champion was George Dixon. Marshall "major" Taylor became the first African American world cycling champion in 1899. The first African American to win a gold medal (4x400 relay) was John Baxter Taylor in the 1908 Olympics in London. The first to win an Olympic gold medal in an individual event (long jump) was Dehart Hubbard in 1924. Jesse Owens, an African American, won four gold medals in one Olympic tournament in 1936.  

- Softball appeared for the first time on the program of the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, Atlanta 1996. The United States won the first Olympic Gold medal the first year it was introduced. This sport is the only one on the Olympic program reserved for women. However, it will not feature on the program as of the London 2012 Games, but remains an eligible sport. The International Olympic Committee could take another step to getting softball back into the Olympics as well as adding squash.