In any given year, hundreds of sports records, both large and small, fall, barriers are broken, and other notable achievements provide texture to the countless games, matches, and tournaments. In 2012, for example, swimmer Michael Phelps became the most decorated Olympian ever, his four golds and two silvers in London giving him 22 medals overall, including 18 gold.In baseball, Detroit’s Miguel Cabrera won the first Triple Crown for hitting since 1967, when Boston’s Carl Yastrzemski led the American League in batting average, runs batted in, and home runs.In basketball, Jeremy Lin came set off a wave of “Linsanity” playing for the New York Knicks, while the long underachieving Los Angeles Clippers ended the year with a 17-game winning streak and only the third perfect month ever recorded in the NBA.In football, Drew Brees surpassed Johnny Unitas by completing a touchdown pass in 54 consecutive games and the University of Wisconsin’s Montee Ball set a college record with 82 career touchdowns.Women shone in numerous ways, including in sports where their presence was nonexistent. British flyweight boxer Nicola Adams took the very first gold medal in Olympic boxing, while Russian weightlifter Tatiana Kashrina hoisted 333 pounds on a single lift. Meanwhile the women’s gold-medal soccer match, in which the US beat Japan, attracted 80,203 spectators to London’s stored Wembley Stadium, the best attended women’s Olympic soccer match ever.Here are our 20 records and feats that caught our eye in 2012:
2012 sports year in review: records, achievements, and sundry feats and streaks from Brees and Bryant to Cain and Ko
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2012 sports year in review: records, achievements, and sundry feats and streaks from Brees and Bryant to Cain and Ko
