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Another quarterback category, another record for Peyton Manning. The future hall of famer holds the NFL mark of 55 touchdown passes in a single regular season with the Denver Broncos in 2013. That’s an average of more than three TD completions every game. The Broncos lost the Super Bowl that year, but No. 18 set the bar extremely high for future QBs.

Home form is vitally important to a soccer team’s success. If you take a look through the record book, teams who have won their league, such as the English Premier League, have always been dominant on home soil. Last season, only Tottenham Hotspur went undefeated at home, can they repeat this feat during the 2017-18 campaign?

When was the last time a quarterback or running back did not win the NFL MVP Award? Keep looking, because the winner is legendary linebacker Lawrence Taylor of the New York Giants, and the year is 1986. Defense wins championships, as the saying goes. But offensive stars put points on the board and they get most of the attention on the highlight reel.

It’s only a few more weeks before the 2017 NFL season kicks off on Thursday, Sept. 7. Preseason games have started. It’s time to put that game face on. Oddsmakers have made Tom Brady, who recently turned 40, and his Super Bowl champion New England Patriots the team to beat again this year.

A guaranteed starting spot in November's $7 million Breeders' Cup Classic is up for grabs this Saturday for the winner of the (G1) Whitney Stakes, being run over a distance of 1 1/8 miles on the Saratoga Race Course dirt track.

On paper an excellent betting race, ten top three-year-old fillies are expected to go to the gate on Saturday at Saratoga Springs Race Course in the $500,000 (G1) Test Stakes, run at seven furlongs on the Saratoga Springs dirt track.

Nick Saban or Urban Meyer don’t win the college football national title every year, it just seems that way. In the last 12 seasons, the head coaches of Alabama and Ohio State are leading the entire nation in championship crowns 7-5. The Crimson Tide and Buckeyes are at or near the top in preseason polls again this year. These two powerhouses will likely be there when it comes playoff time in 2018 as well.

Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods. Only five players in the history of golf have won all four modern majors at any time during their careers, which is often referred to as the Career Grand Slam. Jordan Spieth will look to join golf’s royalty when he tees it up in the 99th PGA Championship (August 10-13).

The Chicago Cubs finally ended the longest drought in Major League Baseball history last year when they won the World Series for the first time in 108 seasons. With recent acquisitions before the trade deadline, it looks like this storied franchise is looking — don’t say it — to repeat as champions. As famous announcer Harry Caray used to say: “Holy cow!”