The bitter
seasons set record setting lows, crippled the Southwest, threatened crops with frost and deep freeze as far south as Florida, dropped snow in Cairo for the first time in over a hundred years, and left those of us in the Northern part of America and Canada praying to the weather Gods to please make it stop.
This hurricane
season set a record for the most consecutive hurricanes and threatens to make that unprecedented storm seem run - of - the - mill.
This holiday
season set a record for industry wide e-reader sales and many retailers like Amazon saw millions of units sold every week in December.
Not exact matches
Did you know that the 2016 - 2017 Broadway
season attendance topped those of the ten professional New York and New Jersey sports teams combined, bringing in a
record -
setting $ 1.45 billion in ticket sales?
Brands CEO Greg Creed commented on the strategy, stating that it «
sets the
record straight about the high quality of our
seasoned beef and the integrity of our advertising.»
Along the way, the Cavs
set the NBA
record for most 3 - pointers made in any game, regular
season or postseason.
The latest
season of HBO's «Game of Thrones» debuted with a
record - breaking 16.1 million viewers and
set off more than 2.4 million tweets — in fact, it became the «most tweeted - about [episode] in the show's history,» according to Forbes.
Just two
seasons earlier, he'd led the Broncos to the Super Bowl,
setting several NFL passing
records in the process.
In the U.S., temperatures continue to
set new
records as the fire
season in many parts of the country has now stretched to as many as 300 days of the year.
In August, Fox News drew an all - time
record 24 million viewers to its GOP primary debate, while several other networks
set debate ratings
records throughout the primary
season.
To be fair to Rose, he was something of a surprising on - base machine in his
record -
setting season.
Whitfield, a UNC Asheville senior,
set a Division I
record for most digs in a
season with 763, breaking a mark that had stood since 1989.
But in order to
set a new Premier League
record of 21 in one
season, the attacking midfielder needs another four and if our strikers and other outfield players continue to spurn chances the way we have been seeing then he might just fall short.
Last fall he became the starter in the third week of the
season and went on to
set a Huskies freshman
record with 1,678 yards passing.
Roger Maris played in 10 more games in his
record -
setting 61 - homer
season than Babe Ruth did, and he hit just one more home run.
Show - stopping sophomore wideout Jeremy Maclin, who last
season set an NCAA
record for all - purpose yards by a freshman, officially launched his Heisman campaign in the second quarter with a 99 - yard kickoff return for a touchdown.
Still, he needs at least two more healthy
seasons to pass Kareem Abdul - Jabbar as the NBA's alltime leading scorer, and Malone concedes that he would like to
set the
record.
# 7 Jim Crawford GREYBULL All - America Wyoming tailback led NCAA in rushing in 1956 (1,104 yards); also
set school single -
season record for rushing TDs (13).
Butcher
set up three power - play goals and Bratt had a goal and an assist as the Devils created some excitement after posting the worst
record in the Eastern Conference last
season.
Varlamov wasn't even all that worn out as he
set an Avalanche
record for most saves in a regular -
season game.
Halfway through this
season he has rushed for more yards than Eric Dickerson had at the same point during his
record -
setting year.
The 29 - year - old is
set to be rewarded for an impressive
season last year where he forced his way into Louis van Gaal's starting XI and was even able to keep the club's
record signing Angel Di Maria on the bench during the second half of the
season.
The paradox was that certain things were so easy — Dorsett didn't even start for the Cowboys until the 10th game of his rookie year, but he still
set team
records for most rushing touchdowns in a
season, longest run from scrimmage and most yards in a game — while other things were so hard.
The Mens 4 x 400 team really
set the standard for Oxford Athletics, in the warm up to the outdoor
season they broke the 4 x 200 match
record to win in 1:30:18 before breaking the OUAC club
record with 3:15:27 (an average split of 48:82) at the BUCS outdoor Championships winning a Bronze medal.
Barcelona are currently unbeaten in the league this term, and if you count the seven games at the end of last
season, are currently on a run of 37 consecutive games without defeat, just one game off equaling the
record set by Real Sociedad in the 1979/80
season.
Browning's 2014
season «'' 5,790 yards passing and a national
record - tying 91 touchdowns, while also
setting the national
record for career passing TDs at 239 «'' was definitely a tale that will be spun for generations to come.
One of the many
records Lewis Hamilton has broken this
season is one no - one probably imagined he'd ever get: by finishing ninth in the Mexican GP, he
set the
record for the lowest a driver has ever finished in order to clinch a title.
It capped a summer that saw him
set the single -
season scoring
record on Nike's EYBL circuit at 31 points per game.
The scoring strike also gave Trosin a NorCal
record of 597 yards passing en route to
setting a California
record for passing yards (5,185) and total yards (6,364) in a
season.
Two
seasons ago, Houston
set the league's
record for three - point attempts, only to obliterate that
record by attempting nearly 500 more this
season.
Jake Browning is going to
set the state
record for touchdown passes in a single
season.
Steph Curry
set both the make and attempt
records back in his crazy 2015 - 16
season.
He is a master motivator and has created defenses that have consistently throughout the years,
set records and held virtually all of the highest - powered offense to their lowest offensive outputs of their
seasons.
The Citizens have been immensely impressive this
season, going on an absurd
record -
setting run of wins, and look to have all - but wrapped up the Premier League title at this early point in the term.
Shelton helped Chino Hills reach the CIF State Division I championship game during his freshman
season and was the sixth man on the Huskies
record -
setting 35 - 0 team that won the Southern Section Open Division and CIF Open Division championships during his sophomore campaign.
While Sims wasn't near the runner Watson is — 350 yards in his senior year to over 1,000 for Watson last year — he did
set Alabama's single -
season and single - game passing
records as a senior.
The Canadiens» Bernie (Boom Boom) Geoffrion scored his 50th goal to tie Maurice Richard's
season record set in 1944 - 45.
In his sophomore year of college he played behind All - America outside linebacker Cornelius Bennett, now with the Atlanta Falcons, who
set a school single -
season record with 10 sacks.
TRACK AND FIELD — At the Knights of Columbus in Cleveland, the final indoor meet of the
season, Mrs. Grace Butcher of Chardon, Ohio, 27 - year - old housewife and mother of two,
set an American half - mile
record with a time of 2:21.6, clipped.5 second off Helen Shipley's
record set the week before at the AAU meet in Columbus, Ohio.
Last year, as the 28 - year - old
set five franchise passing
records, including yards in a
season (4,143) and completions (336), the Falcons qualified for the playoffs for the first time in four years.
That is five playing fields more than he gained two
seasons ago when he
set the
record and became the sport's first 2,000 - yard runner.
The major league
season record is 36,
set by John Owen (Chief) Wilson of the Pirates in 1912.
But now you have guys
setting personal
records during the
season, which is pretty much unheard of.»
According to the Daily Star, the Gabon megastar has his eyes
set on breaking Bayern Munich legend Gerd Muller's
record of 40 goals in a single
season in Bundesliga, which was
set in 1972.
That tied a free throw
record that he himself
set just last
season.
With the win, Mississippi State moved to 17 - 1 at home this
season and
set a school
record for home wins in a single
season.
Even after
setting a Tennessee
record for career wins (21), batting over.400 and being named an All - America first baseman, Honeycutt was no better than a 17th - round selection by Pittsburgh following his senior
season in 1976.
Richard Trichter, a North Carolina State sprinter who has broken four school marks this
season,
set another
record (in the broad jump) at a meet with South Carolina, as he won five of his six events and led his team to its first win over the Gamecocks since 1955.
He also holds the Chicago Bulls» single -
season record for assists with 908, a
record set in the Bulls» first
season.
Higuain
set a Serie A
record with 36 goals for Napoli this
season, leading the team to a 2nd - place finish and the Champions League in the process.