I was very insistent that Grand Prix was pronounced Grand PRICKS

I would argue with my parents all the time that it couldn't possible be pronounced the way they said it was.

Kathleen

for the first 15 years of my life my dad convinced me that the whole 'quinnella' and 'trifecta' at the horse races..were horses..until i realised...'gee those horses must be old by now' i am still 15

Amy

We lived just a few blocks away from a local college, and we would always go watch the basketball games. And we would run to go get something to snack on, and to be sure we didnt step onto the court, my mom always told us that if we did, we would have to play in basketball game.

Alesia

When I was little, and until I was probably 8 or 9 I thought that "Volleyball" was said "Bolleyball." Well, you play with a "ball," right? Ballyball? My mom had to break it to me that it was pronounced with a "v" when I went to try out for the team in grade 4.

Les

In 1985 Boris-mania started in Germany when 17-year-old Boris Becker won Wimbledon for the first time. During the tournament my father always told me "Boris is in the quarter-final", "Boris is in the semi-final" and so on. I had no idea how tennis tournaments were organized, so I believed quarter final, semi final and final were all the ranks a player could reach in his entire career. I thought Boris was very successful reaching this in two weeks at the age of 17!!!

By the way, I believed his opponent (Kevin Curran from South Africa) was called Curren Curren.. ;)

Stefan, Germany

I loved playing basketball as a kid, and went to lots of camps. They would tell us that probably none of us would ever play in the NBA. In my mind, I always thought I was the one exception in the group. Nope... never made it.

Thane

I used to believe that the Super Bowl was actually a bowling competition. I was most puzzled as to why it was such a big deal.

Caitlin

When I was little my dad would sometimes go out to play hockey with his friends. I thought he played on our local NHL team and announced this to my entire grade one class.

L

i used to beleive that there were little elves inside basketballs that would jump when it hit the ground and thats what made it bounce.

smartyparty

I'm from Atlanta and I used to believe that at the end of the Star Spangled Banner, when you sang "and the home of the Brave..." that everyone across the country put in the name of their own hometown ball team.

Anon

At about age 7 I firmly believed I was going to be a world champion tennis player and no one was going to beat me. I don't play tennis anymore.

Lex

I used to use the phrase hockey puck for coffee cup and hockey sack for pocketbook. I don't ever remember watching or hearing about hockey......strange.

Patty, NY

I used to look at baseball games in summer in the States, and it were years before I understood that the players did NOT bat in order of who was the best on the team down to the worst -- I assumed the best fellow led off cos my favourite player did, of course!

ms boods

I used to believe volleyball was actually called bally ball...which I STILL thinks makes more sense, as aren't you hitting a ball?

Melinda

Another one for cricket fans, for a long time I beleived that the cricket ground Lords was the same place that The Virgin Mary appeared to St Bernadette.

UKJess

You know the baseball team, The New York Yankees?....well i used to believe that they were the same as the colonial yankees and that an actual baseball team was fighting in the Revolutionary war! i also believed that the war wasnt fighting, but a big huge Sport-a-thon!.....at the time i was 6...well actually now i am a Huge Yankees fan and i know what really went on in the Revolutionary war!

Big Yankees Fan

I grew up watching the Toronto Blue Jays. The first few seasons were kind of traumatic for me. Every time a guy struck out, or grounded into a double-play, I thought his career was over. These guys would walk back, dejected, to their dugouts, and I wondered where they would find a replacement. The announcers screwed me up - they kept saying the batter was "retired"! I was horrified every time a pitcher would strike out all three batters, and the announcer would scream that the pitcher had "retired the side"! Meanies...

eyeofthemonkey

When i was younger (a lot younger!) i used to wonder why, when watching tennis, the players didnt have a rest when they shouted "juice".I still cant watch tennis without giggling at myself now!

Becky

I love hockey, and when I was a kid my dad told me that the guy that drove the Zamboni machine in between periods (to clean the ice for those not familiar with hockey, it's a huge machine that gets the skate ruts out), anyway, my Dad told me that the guys name was Sam Bologna! Now, I passed on the tradition...I told my kids that his son took over, Sam Bologna, Jr.!!

Debbie

All Ohio State players were from Ohio, all Michigan players were from Michigan, all Illinois players were from Illinois, all Texas players were from Texas etc. A good high school player in, say, Ohio automatically went to Ohio State and would never play in Michigan or Pennsylvania, etc.

Similarly, all Chicago Cubs players were from Chicago, all Pittsburgh Pirates players were from Pittsburgh etc.

Becky