Anything Can Happen in Sports

From the Dallas Cowboys' legendary dynasty to Dirk Nowitzki's loyalty to the Mavericks, the Dallas-Fort Worth sports scene is full of fascinating stories and unbelievable trivia. In the fourth edition of Fun Random Sports Facts, we're exploring five local teams—the Texas Rangers, Dallas Mavericks, Dallas Cowboys, Dallas Stars, and FC Dallas—to uncover the unusual records, historic moments, and little-known facts that make DFW sports so interesting.

From back-to-back champions and MLS dominance to rebuilding projects and a 26-year playoff-win drought, here’s my ranking of South Florida’s five major professional sports teams from best to worst right now.

From unbelievable coincidences to bizarre records and little-known moments in sports history, this edition of Fun Random Sports Facts dives into some of the wildest trivia across baseball, basketball, football, and hockey. Whether it’s father-son MLB history, impossible NBA stat lines, or the strange origin of Florida Panthers rats, these are the kinds of facts that make sports even more fun to follow.