Tag Archives: records

  • The 13 NHL Goals Scored by Goalies

    The 13 NHL Goals Scored by Goalies

    Last week, New Jersey Devils goalie Martin Brodeur scored the third goal of his illustrious NHL career. Well, over the weekend, I happened to overhear a couple of gentlemen discussing the issue of goalies scoring goals at a local drinking establishment that I sometimes frequent, and they were all wrong. One said that the last [...]

  • High School Kid Kicks An Insane 67-Yard Field Goal (Video)

    High School Kid Kicks An Insane 67-Yard Field Goal (Video)

    The NFL record for longest field goal is 63 yards, and it is held by four men: Tom Dempsey (1970), Jason Elam (1998), Sebastian Janikowski (2011), and David Akers (2012). A few weeks ago, St. Louis Rams rookie kicker Greg Zuerlein became just the 12th NFL kicker to kick a 60-yard field goal. And in [...]

  • 12 NFL Records Held by Active Players

    12 NFL Records Held by Active Players

    If you follow the NFL at all, then surely you’ve heard by now that Saints quarterback Drew Brees set a major record over the weekend. When he threw the first of his four TD passes in the Saints’ 31-24 victory over the Chargers, that made it 48 straight games with a TD pass, breaking the [...]

  • The Top 20 Active MLB Career Strikeout Leaders

    The Top 20 Active MLB Career Strikeout Leaders

    If you follow Major League Baseball, then you’re probably aware that we’re in the midst of a golden era for pitching. Or at least, that’s what the experts say. However, there’s always two ways to look at any statistical phenomenon. And the other day, as I was watching part of a Chicago White Sox Game—which [...]

  • 15 Awesome Sports-Related Guinness World Records

    15 Awesome Sports-Related Guinness World Records

    Every sport has sacred records. In baseball it’s the home run records—career and single season—though the hitting streak is also pretty special. Football has career rushing yards, or touchdown passes in a season, just to name two. Basketball has career points and, maybe more impossible to break, points in a single game. And of course [...]