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    Best Sports Records

    Friday, August 3, 2007, 05:12 PM EST [NBA]

    I was watching every sports channel's all-day talk about Barry Bonds and the home run record and I got to thinking about some of the other great sports records. I decided to rank in what my opinion is a list of the best sports records of all time.

    10.) Rocky Marciano's 49-0 - Rocky began his professional career in 1947 and over the next eight years never lost a match. He became the first and only boxer to go undefeated over his entire career. That record was almost beaten in 1985 by Larry Holmes who made it to 48-0. I have this as my number ten because I think it can and probably will be broken sometime in the near future.

    9.) Seven No-Hitters - Nolan Ryan played from 1966-1993. During that time, he recorded seven no hitters, two of those coming when he was 41 and 43 years old. Sandy Koufax is in second place with four no hitters.

    8.) .366 Batting Average - In 24 seasons, the Georgia Peach, Ty Cobb, never hit below a .316. He even hit over .400 in three different seasons. In second place, Rogers Hornsby holds a .358 average. The closest active player right now is Todd Helton with a .333 average.

    7.) 88 Straight Coaching Wins - Between 1971 and 1974, the only team to beat John Wooden's UCLA Bruins was Notre Dame. Lead by Bill Walton and the Wizard of Westwood, John Wooden was able to get 88 straight wins. To understand how much of an accomplishment this is, look at the stat that no team has even gone undefeated in a single NCAA basketball season in 21 years.

    6.) 215 Point Season - With some great young hockey players rising in the NHL today, I believe there is a small chance that Wayne Gretzky's 215 single-season point record can be broken...but probably never will. Scoring outbursts just don't happen.

    5.) Consecutive Games Played - Cal Ripken's 2,632 consecutive games played is one of the most notable records in sports today. Lou Gehrig's "Iron Man" record of 2,130 games was widely regarded as "unbreakable," but Ripken not only passed it on September 6, 1995, he also added an extra 500 straight games before he finally decided to take the pressure off and end the streak.

    4.) NFL Receiving Yards - This record, in my opinion, could be broken - but not anytime soon. Jerry Rice had 22, 985 receiving yards throughout his career. I'll give an example of what it would take for Randy Moss to break the record. Randy Moss would have to average 1,400 yards for the next eight years - even with Tom Brady throwing to him now, that is very unlikely to happen.

    3.) Home Run Record - I think we all can agree (for the most part) that this is the most exciting, debatable, and accomplishable record in sports. Sure, as of recent, we are all tired of hearing about it, and everyone, including those who believe he cheated, want Bonds to break it so we don't have to hear about it. In my opinion, breaking the record is an accomplishment whether or not you use steriods or not. But Hank Aaron will always be the best player to play the game

    2.) NBA Single Game Scoring Record - This one is debatable, but being a basketball fan I think it has to be up here. For those who don't know what the record is, Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in a single game on March 2, 1962. Kobe Bryant has given the record a run for it's money, but still came up over ten points shy. Another reason I have this up here is because this record has been held longer than the home run record.

    1.) All-Time Career Pitching Wins - In my opinion, if there is ever a record that won't be broken it is this one. Cy Young ended his career with 511 career wins. For a pitcher, that is unheard of! He is 96 wins of the second place win holder, Walter Johnson.

    I want to hear your feedback on if you agree, disagree, and what records you would rank. I did a little research on this and listed my sources below, so if some of this looks copy and pasted, it's because I did copy and paste a few interesting facts I didn't strike me right away. I figured this would be an appropriate time to talk about sport's records, seeing as we are patiently waiting on Barry Bonds to take care of business so we don't have to hear about it much more.

    Sources: ESPN, CBS Sportsline, Andrew Segal

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