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Sports Facts and Tips: The best sources of iron are animal products, but plant foods such as fortified breads, cereals, beans and green leafy vegetables also contain iron. View more for photos and videos clips. Please rate and comments.

Sports Facts and Tips: The best sources of calcium are dairy products, but many other foods such as salmon with bones, sardines, collard greens, and okra also contain calcium. Additionally, some brands of bread, tofu, and orange juice are fortified with calcium. View more for photos and videos clips. Please rate and comments.

Sports Facts and Tips: The baseball home plate is 17 inches wide. View more for photos and videos clips. Please rate and comments.

Sports Facts and Tips: The average American diet has more than enough protein for muscle building. Extra protein is eliminated from the body or stored as fat. Exceptions include active people who follow strict vegetarian diets, avoid an entire group of foods, or eat less than 1800 calories a day. If you fall into any [...]

Sports Facts and Tips: The actual playing time in a Major League Baseball game which lasts two and a half hours has been clocked at 9 minutes and 55 seconds. View more for photos and videos clips. Please rate and comments.

Sports Facts and Tips: Sugars and starches have 4 calories per gram, while fat has 9 calories per gram. In other words, carbohydrates have less than half the calories of fat. View more for photos and videos clips. Please rate and comments.

Sports Facts and Tips: Sugars and starches are broken down by your body into glucose, which is used by your muscles for energy. View more for photos and videos clips. Please rate and comments.

Sports Facts and Tips: Sports drinks replace electrolytes lost through sweat during workouts lasting several hours. View more for photos and videos clips. Please rate and comments.

Sports Facts and Tips: Sports drinks have two very important ingredients - electrolytes and carbohydrates View more for photos and videos clips. Please rate and comments.

Sports Facts and Tips: Sports command the biggest television audiences, led by the summer Olympics, World Cup Football and Formula One racing. View more for photos and videos clips. Please rate and comments.