Factoids 101
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Professional sports are a visible example of a merit-based system, but through the Rooney Rule, the NFL requires its teams to use race-based hiring practices. We are putting Commissioner Roger Goodell on notice: the Rooney Rule violates Florida law, and it must stop.
Longest Consecutive Streak Of Games With 10+ Field Goals Made In The 2025-26 NBA Regular Season : 1. Luka Doncic — 12 (ACTIVE) 2. Jalen Brunson — 8 2. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander — 8 4. Joel Embiid — 7 4. Jalen Brunson — 7 4. Devin Booker — 7 7. Giannis Antetokounmpo — 6 7. Nikola Jokic — 6 7. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander — 6
On September 4, 1994 Dan Marino threw for 473 yards and 5 touchdown passes in the Dolphins' 39-35 win over the New England Patriots. With his performance, Marino set the NFL record with his 18th game of 4 or more TD passes breaking the record of 17 set by Johnny Unitas.
Carl Ericsson waited 50 years to k*ll his high-school bully. In 2012, 73-year-old Carl Ericsson was sentenced to life in prison for the m*rder of his former high school classmate, Norman Johnson. Ericsson traveled to Johnson’s home and sh*t him twice in the face, later admitting the act was fueled by a 50-year-old grudge. He claimed that during their high school years in the 1950s, Johnson had humiliated him in a locker room by putting a jockstrap over his head, an incident Ericsson said had remained in his "subconscious" for five decades.
