In Sports
- In soccer, the number of international goals scored by Mia Hamm for the USA women's team, an all-time record for either sex
- The 1927 New York Yankees Murderers' Row, which included Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth, hit a combined 158 home runs
- Hall of Fame first baseman Johnny Mize hit 158 home runs with the St. Louis Cardinals (1936–1941), before being traded to the New York Giants
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“Come, my Celia, let us prove
While we may the sports of love;
Time will not be ours forever,
He at length our good will sever.”
—Ben Jonson (1572–1637)
“Reading about ethics is about as likely to improve one’s behavior as reading about sports is to make one into an athlete.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)