Reggie Jackson was nicknamed "Mr. October" for his clutch hitting in the postseason with the Athletics and the Yankees. In one particularly impressive game, Jackson hit three consecutive home runs at Yankee Stadium in the clinching game 6 of the 1977 World Series.

Named the best Portuguese player of all time by the Portuguese Football Federation during its 100th anniversary celebrations in 2015, Cristiano Ronaldo was the first player to win four European Golden Shoe awards.

The New Jersey Devils and Kamloops Blazers have both retired the uniform number of Scott Niedermayer, a four-time Stanley Cup champion who played in five NHL All-Star Games.

The Biogenesis baseball scandal broke in 2013 when several MLB players were accused of obtaining performance-enhancing drugs, specifically human growth hormone, from the now-defunct "rejuvenation" clinic Biogenesis of America. In August 2013, MLB suspended Alex Rodriguez 211 games for his involvement in the scandal. Had the original suspension been upheld, it would have been the longest non-lifetime suspension in Major League Baseball history, but the suspension was reduced to 162 games after arbitration.

Sanders amassed 7,838 all-purpose yards and scored 22 touchdowns: nine interception returns, six punt returns, three kickoff returns, three receiving, and one fumble recovery.

Al Hrabosky was nicknamed "The Mad Hungarian" because of his unusual last name and colorful character.

Tony Romo broke his collarbone not once, but twice during the 2015 season and played in only four games. In the games that he played, the Dallas Cowboys went 3-1. Without him, they went 1-11.

A versatile forward who could shoot with either his left or right hand, Robert Earl "Butterbean" Love spent the prime of his career with the Chicago Bulls.

The most Gold Gloves ever won by one player is 18 by pitcher Greg Maddux. He won 13 consecutive awards from 1990 to 2002, all in the National League.

At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, Jesse Owens was the most successful athlete at the games and, as a black man, was credited with single-handedly crushing Hitler's myth of Aryan supremacy.