A sports-journalist & Las Vegas native, Thomas lives for professional basketball, NFL, college football and Ice-Hockey. When he is not watching sports (or analyzing sports data), he can usually be found reading a book in a secluded corner. Tom is also a contributor at GamblingIndustryNews.com & Vegas-Odds.com.

Posts by Thomas Nielsen

December 19, 2019 by: Thomas Nielsen
English professional darts player Fallon Sherrock today became the first ever woman to beat a man at the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) World Championships. The 25 year-old drew Ted Evetts in the first round, coming out on top with a 3–2 win. This was followed up with a convincing 3-1 win over World 11th Seed […] [...]

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November 30, 2019 by: Thomas Nielsen
Lakers equal franchise record for best season start & enjoy 10 game win-streak The 2019/20 Los Angeles Lakers team have just equaled their team franchise record  for the best start to the season  with a convincing 125-103 victory over the Washington Wizards. LeBron James contributed with 23 points and 11 assists, with Anthony Davis accounting […] [...]

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November 20, 2019 by: Thomas Nielsen
LeBron James claimed his 86th career triple double vs Oklahoma and set a brand new NBA record in the process.. [...]

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October 28, 2019 by: Thomas Nielsen
Free and downloadable historical soccer datasets (in CSV Format) for the top European and International soccer leagues. Data files contain game half-time and full-time scores as well as detailed player/game statistics. [...]

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October 23, 2019 by: Thomas Nielsen
Steph Curry Breaks NBA 3-Point Shooting Record The Golden State Warriors´ two-time league MVP Steph Curry opened the 2019/20 NBA season with three consecutive games where he scored 30+ points, setting a new NBA record held by none other than himself. In a Monday night game against Phoenix, any possibility of a 4 game streak […] [...]

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October 14, 2019 by: Thomas Nielsen
In NHL ice hockey, a team is said to be on a power play when at least 1 player on the opposing side is off the ice, serving a penalty – giving the other team has a numerical advantage on the ice. The Buffalo Sabres Rookie Forward Victor Olofsson broke an unusual record which his […] [...]

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October 1, 2019 by: Thomas Nielsen
Tom Brady holds a lot of records, but most of them were not earned during regular season. Thanks to his postseason success, Tom Brady already owns the record for the most wins as a starter, and ranks in first place for the most regular season wins, a record he broke in 2017 with his 187th […] [...]

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September 15, 2019 by: Thomas Nielsen
The attendance record at the GAA All-Ireland Senior Ladies’ Football Championship Final was broken again in 2019 – with a total of 56,114 fans spectating the game (and braving the Irish rain) at Croke Park in Dublin,  witnessing Dublin winning their third consecutive LGFA Final. GAA Ladies Football Final Attendance figures, 2009 -2019 Season Winners […] [...]

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July 7, 2019 by: Thomas Nielsen
a HUGE list of Records the The USA Women’s Soccer Team Set and Broke at the 2019 Women’s World Cup From the start of the 2019 Women’s World cup in France starting with the opening match of the tournament against Thailand, the US Women’s National soccer team set and broke a host of soccer records. […] [...]

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June 12, 2019 by: Thomas Nielsen
The 2018/19 NBA season was exceptional in terms of the volume of long-standing records broken – many of which have stood for decades.  The modern and more scientifically focused style of basketball is no doubt a factor in setting new records. In this post, we look at ten records smashed snapped in the 2018/19 season […] [...]

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