Cal Ripken #1

4. MLB Baseball:

• Cal Ripken set this modern day record giving it extra credibility in the sports arena. Ripken had already set a record of 2,130 games, but on September 6, 1995 he cruised past it and added another 500 straight games before he started to lessen the pressure. Ripken also has a record of playing 8,243 straight... Read More

John Wooden

The Countdown for the Top 10 Unbreakable Sports Records: Numbers 4-2

• This record goes back to a time when college basketball players stayed around for 4 years and their athletic programs became dynasties. Coach John Wooden under the influence of the Wizard of Westwood and with Bill Walton showing the way, led the... Read More

The Countdown for the Top 10 Unbreakable Sports Records: Numbers 7-5

• Nolan Ryan was the 2nd youngest player when he began playing professionally in 1966. When he retired in 1993 he was Major League Baseball's oldest player. Ryan is the all-time record-holder having thrown 7 no hitters. Sandy Koufax comes 2nd with four.

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• 1947 was the beginning of Rocky Marciano's boxing career beating Lee Epperson He went on to defeat his next 49 opponents over the next 8 years and became the first heavyweight boxer to go undefeated throughout his entire career. The only boxer to come real close to this... Read More