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1 week ago | theanalyst.com | Craig Haley |Briggs Clinard

American icon Jackie Robinson isn’t usually associated with FCS college football, but in 1939, he faced off against a University of Montana program that many decades later would become one of the top programs on the Division I subdivision level. Jackie Robinson is a sports and civil rights icon who’s forever celebrated for breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball with the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947.

3 weeks ago | theanalyst.com | Elise Oliver |Craig Haley |Briggs Clinard

The home run is still one of the most thrilling feats in baseball. And when a player goes yard more than once – or twice or thrice – in a single game, people start to flip through the record books. A four-homer game is undeniably one of the greatest and most difficult achievements for a hitter, with even the most prolific power sluggers rarely hitting the all-time mark.

1 month ago | theanalyst.com | Craig Haley |Briggs Clinard

Every college basketball team sets out to be a part of March Madness, and if the goal is fulfilled, a funny thing usually happens no matter if it’s for the first time or with a run of consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances:While they’re supposed to be celebrating a conference championship, the players and fans – not so much the coaches – instead raise an index finger and exalt, “We’re going to The Dance!”Blue blood, mid-major or Cinderella, March Madness tends to mean everything to a season.

1 month ago | theanalyst.com | RYAN BENSON |Briggs Clinard

We look across the Premier League’s all-time top goalscorers, with the legendary Alan Shearer still leading the way with his 260 goals. Alan Shearer – 260 goalsHarry Kane – 213 goalsWayne Rooney – 208 goalsAndrew Cole – 187 goalsSergio Agüero – 184 goalsMohamed Salah – 183 goalsFrank Lampard – 177 goalsThierry Henry – 175 goalsRobbie Fowler – 163 goalsJermain Defoe – 162 goalsIncredibly, Alan Shearer will have been the Premier League’s all-time leading scorer for 30 years in December.

1 month ago | theanalyst.com | Oliver Hopkins |Briggs Clinard

What goes up, must come down. Well, for most teams, anyway. We run through the clubs to have suffered the most relegations from the Premier League. Since the Premier League’s formation in 1992, just seven clubs have never suffered relegation. Six of those – Manchester United, Arsenal, Tottenham, Liverpool, Everton and Chelsea – have been constants in the top division over this period.