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MLB Home Run Derby Winners

Austin Sullivan — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:51:24 +0000

The home run is undoubtedly the most exciting play in baseball. It energizes the crowd as much as anything else in sports and can have an overwhelming impact on any game.

The tradition of the Major League Baseball Home Run Derby was started in 1985 in conjunction with the All-Star Game and pitted an American League team vs. one from the National League. In the early ‘90s the American League began to dominate the exhibition, so the rules were changed to make the Derby an individual competition.

Many greats have won the Home Run Derby. Here’s the list, including team name and total number of homers in the competition!

2009: Prince Fielder, Milwaukee: 23

2008: Justin Morneau, Minnesota: 22

2007: Vladimir Guerrero, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 17

2006: Ryan Howard, Philadelphia, 23

2005: Bobby Abreu, Philadelphia, 41

2004: Miguel Tejada, Baltimore, 27

2003: Garret Anderson, Anaheim, 22

2002: Jason Giambi, New York Yankees, 24

2001: Luis Gonzalez, Arizona, 16

2000: Sammy Sosa, Chicago Cubs, 26

1999: Ken Griffey Jr., Seattle, 16

1998: Ken Griffey Jr., Seattle, 19

1997: Tino Martinez, New York Yankees, 16

1996: Barry Bonds, San Francisco, 17

1995: A.L., 21

1994: A.L., 17

1993: A.L., 21

1992: A.L., 27

1991: A.L., 20

1990: N.L., 4

1989: N.L., 9

1988: Rain Out

1987: N.L., 6

1986: N.L., 8

1985: A.L., 17

Source: MLB.com

Michael Phelps Olympic Medals

Austin Sullivan — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:00:05 +0000

Michael Phelps is the most decorated swimmer in Olympic history, winning eight gold medals in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, bettering Mark Spitz’s record of seven, set in Munich in 1972.

Going in to the 2008 Olympics, Phelps was one of the most recognizable athletes competing for the United States. He managed to grab an amazing eight medals (6 gold, 2 bronze) in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and rewrote the record books many times, putting himself in the national spotlight.

Here’s a list of his Olympic medals-to-date from Beijing and Athens:

Beijing, 2008:

400 m Medley Relay Gold (World Record)
100 m Butterfly Gold (Olympic Record)
200 m Individual Medley Gold (World Record)
4×200 m Freestyle Relay Gold (World Record)
200 m Butterfly Gold (World Record)
200 m Freestyle Gold (World Record)
4×100 m Freestyle Relay Gold (World Record)
400 m Individual Medley Gold (World Record)

Athens, 2004:

100 m Butterfly Gold (Olympic Record)
200 m Butterfly Gold (Olympic Record)
200 m Individual Medley Gold (Olympic Record)
400 m Individual Medley Gold (World Record)
4 x 100 m Medley Relay Gold
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay Gold (American Record)
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay Bronze
200 m Freestyle Bronze (American Record)

Source: USA Swimming

Mark Spitz Olympic Medals

Austin Sullivan — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:06:25 +0000

Heading into the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Mark Spitz was the all-time record holder for most Olympic medals in U.S.A. men’s swimming with 11. In 1968 at the Olympics in Mexico City, Spitz looked like a contender in many different events, but fell short of the gold in all but two (4×100 m freestyle relay, and 4×200 m freestyle relay). That year he also came with a silver (100 m butterfly), and a bronze (100 m freestyle).

In 1972, Spitz once again looked like the one to beat in Munich, and this time he delivered, winning seven gold medals, and setting new world record times with each one. These seven gold medals are the most ever captured by an individual in one Olympics.

Here are all of Spitz’s medals from the 1968 and 1972 Olympics:

1968 — 4×100 m freestyle relay Gold
1968 — 4×200 m freestyle relay Gold
1968 — 100 m butterfly Silver
1968 — 100 m freestyle Bronze
1972 — 100 m butterfly Gold
1972 — 100 m freestyle Gold
1972 — 200 m butterfly Gold
1972 — 200 m freestyle Gold
1972 — 4×100 m freestyle relay Gold
1972 — 4×100 m medley relay Gold
1972 — 4×200 m freestyle relay Gold

Source: USA Swimming

Most Career Olympic Medals Won

Austin Sullivan — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:06:01 +0000

The Summer Olympic Games are a competition not only between nations, but individuals as well. They are where the best athletes in the world converge to battle for the ultimate bragging rights in each sport. The Olympics put events that are normally thought of as obscure right in the middle of the worldwide spotlight.

Individual medals are the main focus of the Olympics, and few have ever won more than two or three medals. This list is devoted to those who have truly been outstanding and awe-inspiring in obtaining more Summer Games medals than anyone else.

Women:

18 - LATYNINA, Larisa (URS), gymnastics 1956-1964
12 – TORRES, Dara (USA), aquatics 1984-1992, 2000-2008
12 – THOMPSON, Jenny (USA), aquatics 1992-2004
12 – FISCHER-SCHMIDT, Birgit (GDR-GER), canoe/kayak 1980-2004
11 – COUGHLIN, Natalie (USA) aquatics, 2004-2008
11 – CASLAVSKA, Vera (TCH) gymnastics, 1960-1964
10 – VAN ALMSICK, Franziska, (GER), aquatics, 1992-2004
10 – KELETI, Agnes (HUN), gymnastics 1956-1960
10 – ASTAKHOVA, Polina (URS), gymnastics 1956-1964

Men:

16 – PHELPS, Michael (USA), aquatics 2004-2008
15 – ANDRIANOV, Nikolay (URS), gymnastics, 1972-1980
13 – SHAKHLIN, Boris (URS), gymnastics, 1956-1964
13 – MANGIAROTTI, Edoardo (ITA), fencing, 1936-1960
13 – ONO, Takashi (JPN), gymnastics, 1952-1964
12 – KATO, Sawao (JPN), gymnastics, 1968-1976
12 – NURMI, Paavo (FIN), athletics, 1920-1928
12 – NEMOV, Alexei (RUS), gymnastics, 1996-2000

Source: olympic.org

NCAA Football National Champions

Austin Sullivan — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:07:55 +0000

The NCAA Football National Championship Trophy is among the most coveted awards in the college sports world. Many schools have never won it, but that doesn’t mean they haven’t tried. There have been many of these trophies given out over the years, but a few teams have been able to dominate and win more titles than anyone else.

Since the advent of the Bowl Championship Series, which employs a mixture of computer and human polls to determine the No. 1 and 2 teams at the end of the regular season, the process has been a bit more orderly. That doesn’t mean fans aren’t every bit as passionate – and argumentative – concerning whether their team got a fair deal or not.

Here’s the list of all the National Champions since 1970:

Bowl Championship Series Era

2008 Florida
2007 LSU
2006 Florida
2005 Texas
2004 USC
2003 LSU (BCS Champions, USC (#1 in AP Poll)
2002 Ohio State
2001 Miami, Fla.
2000 Oklahoma
1999 Florida State
1998 Tennessee

Pre-BCS
1997 Michigan (AP), Nebraska (Coaches)
1996 Florida
1995 Nebraska
1994 Nebraska
1993 Florida State
1992 Alabama
1991 Miami, Fla. (AP), Washington (Coaches)
1990 Colorado (AP), Georgia Tech (UPI)
1989 Miami, Fla.
1988 Notre Dame
1987 Miami, Fla.
1986 Penn State
1985 Oklahoma
1984 Brigham Young
1983 Miami, Fla.
1982 Penn State
1981 Clemson
1980 Georgia
1979 Alabama
1978 Alabama (AP), USC (UPI)
1977 Notre Dame
1976 Pittsburgh
1975 Oklahoma
1974 Oklahoma (AP), USC (UPI)
1973 Notre Dame (AP), Alabama (UPI)
1972 USC
1971 Nebraska
1970 Nebraska (AP), Texas (UPI)

Source: NCAA.com

Most Individual Olympic Gold Medals

Austin Sullivan — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:09:20 +0000

In many sports, Olympic gold is the ultimate goal. Winning the gold symbolizes being the very best in the world, making it the most coveted thing in the athletic universe. Many people have won Olympic gold over the years, but almost no one has captured it very often.

There are many opportunities to win gold in the Summer Olympic Games, but it takes a wide spectrum of talents to take home very many of them. Here are those select few who have succeeded the most:

Men:

14 – PHELPS, Michael (USA), aquatics, 2004-2008
9 – LEWIS, Carl (USA), athletics, 1984-1996
9 – NURMI, Paavo (FIN), athletics, 1920-1928
9 – SPITZ, Mark (USA), aquatics, 1968-1972
8 – BIONDI, Matthew (USA), aquatics, 1984-1992
8 – EWRY, Ray (USA), athletics, 1900-1908
8 – KATO, Sawao (JPN), gymnastics, 1968-1976

Women:

9 – LATYNINA, Larisa (URS), gymnastics, 1956-1964
8 – THOMPSON, Jenny (USA), aquatics, 1992-2004
8 - FISCHER-SCHMIDT, Birgit (GDR-GER), canoe / kayak, 1980-2004
7 – CASLAVSKA, Vera (TCH), gymnastics, 1960-1968
6 - OTTO, Kristin (GDR), aquatics, 1988

Source: olympic.org