Category: Sport
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How many games did the Oakland A’s win in a row in 2002?
[mks_pullquote align=”left” width=”300″ size=”20″ bg_color=”#00BCD4″ txt_color=”#ffffff”]20[/mks_pullquote] Who broke the Oakland A’s winning streak? In one of the most famous moments in Oakland Athletics history, pinch hitter Scott Hatteberg then hit a one-out solo home run off of Kansas City reliever Jason Grimsley. The home run…
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Is Polaris at Magnetic North?
[mks_pullquote align=”left” width=”300″ size=”20″ bg_color=”#00BCD4″ txt_color=”#ffffff”](30 degrees latitude)– Polaris is located 30 degrees above the northern horizon. This trend continues until the traveler reaches the geographic (not magnetic) North Pole. At this point (90 degrees latitude), Polaris is 90 degrees above the northern horizon and…
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What NHL team has the most consecutive playoff appearances?
[mks_pullquote align=”left” width=”300″ size=”20″ bg_color=”#00BCD4″ txt_color=”#ffffff”]Boston Bruins[/mks_pullquote] How many consecutive playoff appearances did the caps have? 6 seasons How many consecutive playoff appearances did the Capitals have? Team Post-season streak Consecutive post-season appearances ——————- —————— ———————————– New York Islanders 14 seasons 1974–75 through to 1987–88…
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Who is the youngest NBA rookie?
[mks_pullquote align=”left” width=”300″ size=”20″ bg_color=”#00BCD4″ txt_color=”#ffffff”]The youngest player ever to play in the NBA was Andrew Bynum, a centre who was drafted out of high school by the Los Angeles Lakers in 2005. Bynum made his NBA debut on 2 November 2005 at the age…
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How old is Charlie mcavoy?
[mks_pullquote align=”left” width=”300″ size=”20″ bg_color=”#00BCD4″ txt_color=”#ffffff”]23 yearsDecember 21, 1997[/mks_pullquote] What happened to Charlie McAvoy? McAvoy suffered an upper-body injury on Monday night vs. Philadelphia. He is by far the Bruins’ leader in average time on ice, with 24:23 per game. He has four goals and 18…
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Who did the Bruins get for Chara?
[mks_pullquote align=”left” width=”300″ size=”20″ bg_color=”#00BCD4″ txt_color=”#ffffff”]In a stunner on Wednesday afternoon, Zdeno Chara signed a one-year, $795,000 deal with the Washington Capitals. “We are extremely pleased to have Zdeno join the Capitals organization,” said Capitals GM Brian MacLellan. “We feel his experience and leadership will…
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How many goals does Alex Ovechkin need to beat Gretzky?
[mks_pullquote align=”left” width=”300″ size=”20″ bg_color=”#00BCD4″ txt_color=”#ffffff”]We’ll see. It’s incredible to contemplate, but Ovechkin’s relentless scoring since he arrived in the NHL in 2005 has put Gretzky’s all-time goal mark in jeopardy. Ovechkin, who turned 35 in September, has 706 career goals. He needs 189 to…
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What happened to peverley?
[mks_pullquote align=”left” width=”300″ size=”20″ bg_color=”#00BCD4″ txt_color=”#ffffff”]Peverley had been diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat earlier in the 2013-14 season, but medication allowed him to get back into the lineup. But just six minutes into the Stars’ game against the Columbus Blue Jackets, Peverley completed a shift…
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Who is better Sidney Crosby or Alex Ovechkin?
[mks_pullquote align=”left” width=”300″ size=”20″ bg_color=”#00BCD4″ txt_color=”#ffffff”]Since Ovechkin and Crosby entered the league, they’ve scored more points than any other players. Ovechkin tops them all with 1,290; Crosby’s second with 1,273. … Each sit comfortably over 100 playoff points for their careers (Crosby: 189 playoff points;…
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How close is Ovechkin to Gretzky?
[mks_pullquote align=”left” width=”300″ size=”20″ bg_color=”#00BCD4″ txt_color=”#ffffff”]Ovechkin’s 718th goal put him 176 goals behind Wayne Gretzky’s all-time mark of 894. On Thursday, the NHL showed how Ovechkin stacked up to Gretzky with a dynamic line graph which compared the two greats’ goal-scoring per season by age.[/mks_pullquote]…