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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.

FIRST TRIPLE PLAY OF THE MLB SEASON 💥 The Marlins turned just the second triple play in franchise history and their first since 2002.

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 🤯

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 👀

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 👑

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

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 🔥

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 🔥

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

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."

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

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

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)

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 🔥

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)

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This hasn’t happened to a Yankees player in more than a century 😳 George Lombard Jr. has committed an error in 6 straight games, the longest streak by a Yankee since Chick Fewster in 1921.

On this date last year, Kyle Schwarber launched not 1, not 2, not 3, but FOUR Schwarbombs against the Braves 💣💣💣💣 He became just the 21st player in MLB history and fourth Phillies player to hit four home runs in a single 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 😲

Chaos in Los Angeles! On this date in 1995, MLB's most recent forfeit occurred after Dodgers fans pelted the field with souvenir baseballs in the 9th inning following a series of controversial calls and ejections.

LA DROPPED 40 POINTS IN THE FOURTH 😱 After trailing by as many as 28 points, the Sparks dropped their most points in any quarter since the league moved to quarters 20 years ago.

"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

All 22 runs scored by the Brewers against the Mariners 😳 22-0 matches the largest shutout in MLB since 1900.

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).

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

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‼️

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

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, Yankees rookies Tyler Austin and Aaron Judge became the first teammates to hit their first career home run in their first at-bat in the same game 👏⚾

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

A hit for the ages 💥 On August 7, 1999, Wade Boggs, then with Tampa Bay, became the first player to ever hit a HR for their 3,000th hit.

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).