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October 16, 2025

There’s a book called “True Facts That Sound Like Bullsh*t Sports” written by Massachusetts trivia compiler Shane Carley and it’s loaded with 500 incredible tidbits guaranteed to make you wonder if they're fake news.

In this day and age when misinformation is peddled by unconscionable content producers to create noise on social media, discerning what's true or false can sometimes be a hit or miss.

In Carley’s book, the anecdotes are all true, unbelievable and amusing as most may be. Here’s a sampler of the basketball facts he’s detailed.

James Naismith is the only coach in the history of the University of Kansas men’s basketball program with a losing record...which is ironic since the Canadian invented the sport in 1891.

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