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Before Game 3 in Vegas, the Avalanche were 74-1 in franchise playoff history when leading by 3+ goals 😳 They now trail 3-0 in the series. Teams up 3-0 in best-of-seven series have won 98% of the time.

Bronny James was 105 days old when LeBron James recorded his first career triple-double on January 19th, 2005. On Thursday, February 12th, at 21-years-old, Bronny checked in for his father after he recorded his 123rd career triple-double.

Dylan Harper is the youngest player to score 10+ points in an NBA Finals game. He did it in SIX MINUTES in the first quarter 🤯

Marta’s goal for Orlando just made her the NWSL’s all-time leader in penalty kicks converted 🐐 She has scored a PK in every regular season she’s played 👑

BUFFALO CAN SMELL PLAYOFF HOCKEY 🔥 The Sabres currently have the longest postseason drought in the league. They are currently first in the Atlantic division following the win vs. Tampa Bay 👀

184 pitches and counting for Taylor Tinsley 🤯 That's the most pitches in a WCWS extra inning game since Rachel Garcia (179) in 2019‼️

Teagan Kavan pitched her 4th career shutout at the Women's College World Series, tying 3-time USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Cat Osterman for the most in program history 🔥

Oklahoma softball crushed Kansas 9-0 in 5 innings Saturday to advance to the Sooners' 29th overall and 16th consecutive regional final! 👏 The win was Oklahoma's 43rd run-rule victory in the NCAA tournament, most all-time 🔥

Beckett Sennecke became the sixth player in NHL history to record a three-game goal streak in the playoffs before age 21 👀

Rasheem Biles is the first player with 15 tackles, four TFL and a touchdown in any game in 18 years 😤

On this date in 1992, "The Reign Man" Shawn Kemp throws down an all-time dunk when he posterized the Warriors' Alton Lister in a series-clinching Game 4 win in their first round matchup 🤝 The dunk has been immortalized as "The Lister Blister."

THE TALLEST PLAYER TO EVER SCORE A FG IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL 🔥 Florida's 7'9" Olivier Rioux makes history with his first-ever FG 👏

MADINA OKOT MAKING HISTORY 😤 The 6'6" center is the tallest SEC player to make a 3-PT FG in a women's NCAA tournament game in 25 years 🔥

AUBURN BLOWOUT 😳 The 56-point win is tied for the Tigers' largest win against a D-I opponent in the last 60 years 🔥

Drake Maye is the first Patriots player to throw for 250 YDS and 3 TDs in a victory since Tom Brady (Oct. 6, 2019) 👏 (via New England Patriots)

JALEN BRUNSON IN THE CLUTCH 💰 Brunson now has 14 game-tying or go-ahead FG in final 30 seconds of 4th quarter/OT since joining Knicks in 2022-23, second most in NBA in span (DeMar DeRozan - 15) 🔥

Tonight was Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's NBA-leading 28th game with 30 points this season, six more games than the next closest player (Luka Doncic, 22) 😳

Audi Crooks just recorded her 4th career 40-PT game, tied for the second-most by a Big 12 player this century ‼️

The Jets forced a turnover in the United States for the first time this season! 🇺🇸 It's their second turnover this season. The other came in London against the Broncos. (via New York Jets)

Mark Fletcher Jr.'s 57-yard rushing TD is the longest rush of his career 😲 What a moment to have it 🔥

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On this date in 1999, Pedro Martínez put on one of the greatest All-Star Game pitching performances ever. At Fenway Park, he struck out five of the six batters he faced, including the first four in order, becoming the first pitcher in All-Star Game history to do so. He was named MVP ⭐️

Caleb Wilson went OFF in his Summer League debut 🔥 He finished with 35 points and knocked down 7 threes, matching his entire 3-point total from his lone season at UNC. He never made more than one three in a game for the Tar Heels 🤯

3 HOMER 10 RBI NIGHT FOR RYAN O'HEARN 🤯 He's the first Pirates player with 10 RBIs in a game‼️

Heriberto Hernández' hit the FIRST walk-off slam to break a scoreless tie in Marlins franchise history 👏 It’s a feat MLB hadn’t seen in over a decade: the last player to do it was Justin Maxwell for the Royals on Sept. 22, 2013 😲

"If we lose this game, I'll walk back to Pittsburgh." On this date in 1989, Pirates broadcaster Jim Rooker made that promise after Pittsburgh scored 10 runs in the 1st inning. The Pirates lost 15-11. And Rooker actually walked the 300+ miles back to Pittsburgh. 🎥: MLB

Entering Wednesday, teams were a combined 1-3,090 when trailing by 8+ runs after 7 innings over the last 20 seasons. The SFGiants just made it 2-3,090 after Bryce Eldridge's walk-off grand slam‼️

No. 1 UCLA and No. 2 Georgia Tech were BOTH eliminated before the Supers after entering the tourney a combined 99-15 😳 This is 3rd time since seeding was introduced in 1999 that the No. 1 &amp; No. 2 national seeds were both eliminated in regionals (2014, 2025).

Tennessee takes down defending champion Texas at the Women's College World Series‼️ The loss is the first in a WCWS opener for the Horns since 1998, snapping a streak of 7 straight wins.

On this date in 2016, Klay Thompson went OFF from behind the arc to force Game 7 vs. OKC 🍿 🪣 41 PTS 🪣 11/18 3-PT FG

Cooper Flagg is the FIRST TEENAGER in NBA history to record consecutive 30-PT double-doubles 🤯

The Cubs scored 23 runs today, tied with the Rockies for the most runs by a team this season 🔥 Chicago tied its record for second most runs in a home game since 1900 🤯

250 THREES for Kon Knueppel ‼️ The ONLY player 22 or younger in NBA history to hit 250 in a season 🤯 🔥

There's no stopping White Sox Munetaka Murakami🔥 He hit his 15th HR of the season in his 38th career game, the fastest player to 15 home runs in White Sox history. He has now homered in the opening game of 8 consecutive series, the longest such streak in MLB history 😤

Against the Pirates today, the Reds tied the all-time MLB record by issuing SEVEN straight walks in one inning. The only two times it had ever happened were in 1909 and 1983, with the Pirates actually being the last to do it.

The Celtics' 53 points in the first quarter vs. the Heat are their second-most in ANY quarter in the shot clock era (since 1954-55) 😳 This trails only a 54-point quarter in Feb. 1970.

Saint Joseph’s mascot “The Hawk” is averaging 3,500 Flaps Per Game (FPG), with over 100,000 total flaps per season 🤯 On a per-40 basis, The Hawk leads the nation in Flap Efficiency. The underlying metrics show no late-season drop-off. Sustainable motor. 📊

Olivia Miles scored or assisted on 39 PTS in Lynx-Mercury, her most in any game of her career 👑

MISSISSIPPI STATE DID THAT 😱 It's the Bulldogs' first nonconference home win over a ranked team in 34 years❗️

Boston College baseball recorded eight stolen bases in the second inning of its game vs. Duke, tied for the second-most stolen bases in an inning in D-I history 😤 The Eagles ended the game with a record-tying 11 stolen bases👏

No. 1 UCLA and No. 2 Georgia Tech were BOTH eliminated before the Supers after entering the tourney a combined 99-15 😳 This is 3rd time since seeding was introduced in 1999 that the No. 1 & No. 2 national seeds were both eliminated in regionals (2014, 2025).