LeBron James became the NBA’s all-time leading scorer, surpassing the great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the prestigious record in a game against the Oklahoma City Thunder last Tuesday.
It was a mark that stood for over three decades after Abdul-Jabbar’s retirement in 1989.
Major League Baseball has many hallowed records; not only do people pay attention as soon as these records are threatened, but the players trying to break them face great scrutiny (and even death threats) because, well, everyone apparently loved Babe Ruth back in the day.
NHL superstar, Alex Ovechkin, will likely break Wayne Gretzky’s record of 894 career goals before long, and when he does, the hockey world will stand up and take notice (people and pundits may even scrutinize Ovechkin because, well, Gretzky is hockey’s Babe Ruth).