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The @Jaguars have won three games by 24+ points this season while no other NFL team has more than one such win this season. Jacksonville also leads the NFL in point differential at +85, a category the team has never finished a season leading.

On Wednesday Victor Wembanyama: scored 50+ points grabbed 20+ rebounds blocked 8+ shots started 18-for-18 from the line made a 3-pointer No one else in NBA history has accomplished all 5 of those single-game feats over the course of an entire season (let alone all in one game).

Luka Dončić is the first player in NBA history to have 6 consecutive games with: 35+ points 5+ rebounds 5+ assists 5+ threes made

Caleb Wilson has notched 15+ points and a steal in all seven games this season. That is the longest such streak by any NBA player to begin his career since Michael Jordan, who did so in each of his first 15 games in 1984-85.

There have been 3,257 instances all-time of an NHL team being scoreless & down by 4+ goals with under 3:00 left (reg or post). Of those 3,257 teams, 3,256 could do no better than cut the deficit in half. All except the @NHLJets on Tuesday. They came all the way back to win.

Ben Hammond tonight for @HokiesMBB: 20 points 8 assists 7 steals The last Division I player to reach those marks in a season opener was Davidson's Stephen Curry on November 14, 2008 (29/10/9).

Points on Monday: 46 - Chloe Donnell 43 - Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 42 - Luka Dončić 41 - Dior Johnson 40 - Ty Jerome 40 - Krystian Lewis 40 - Talayah Walker That ties the most 40-point games (7) on any day this century across the NBA, WNBA & Division I men/women (also 1/21/2017)

The @ChicagoBears are the first team in NFL history to beat both Super Bowl participants from the previous season in primetime in back-to-back games.

The @memgrizz are the second team in NBA history to start a season 6-0 after winning 25 or fewer games the previous season. The other was the 2007-08 Celtics, who went on to win the NBA Championship that season.

Over their last 6 games, the Eagles have: lost every game been outrushed in every game been outpassed in every game committed 5+ penalties in every game No other NFL team in the Super Bowl era has done that in more than 4 consecutive games.

Luka Dončić of the @Lakers is the first player in NBA history to have a 4-game span with: 175+ points 35+ rebounds 30+ assists 25+ threes made

There were five 30-point games by NBA rookies in October (Darius Acuff Jr. - 3, Yaxel Lendeborg, Caleb Wilson). That is the most games with 30+ points by rookies in a single October in NBA history, besting four games in 1979 and 1980.

The @UCLAFootball Bruins are 8-0 after finishing 3-9 in 2025. Since 1981, 229 FBS teams have started a season with eight straight wins. Only two of them had three or fewer wins the prior season (minimum 10 games): 2026 UCLA (2025: 3 wins) 2024 Indiana (2023: 3 wins)

The Grizzlies are the NBA's last remaining unbeaten team for the first time in franchise history and would match their best start to a season in franchise history with a win today against the Kings (2014-15).

Jeremiah Smith has 52 receptions, 984 receiving yards and 12 receiving touchdowns this season. The last FBS player to reach those marks in his team's first seven games of a season was TCU's Josh Doctson in 2015.

Giannis Antetokounmpo is the first player in NBA history to record 125+ points and 50+ rebounds in his first 5 games with a team who lost four of those five games.

Cameron Boozer is the second player all-time to record a triple-double in the NBA before he ever lost a game in the NBA. The other was Oscar Robertson, who had a triple-double in a victory in his NBA debut on October 19, 1960.

Matthew Schaefer for the @NYIslanders tonight: multi-goal game OT winner assist 30:00+ of ice time No other NHL player this century has done all of that in one game.

Logan Cooley of the @utahmammoth is the first player in NHL history with a hat trick and a game-tying or go-ahead goal with one second or less left in regulation in the same game.