| GEHRIG | Lou ___, US baseball star who played in 2,130 consecutive games from 1925-39 (6) |
| RUTH | US baseball star who died in 1948 (4,4) |
| BABE | US baseball star who died in 1948 (4,4) |
| REED | Lou _, US rock musician who died in 2013 (4) |
| LOUGEHRIG | U.S. baseball player who played in 2130 consecutive games from 1925-39 (3,6) |
| EVELYN | Musical comedy star who played in such musicals as Bitter Sweet (6,4) |
| ICHIRO | Mononymous baseball star who played 28 seasons professionally |
| KESSEL | Phil ...... , ice hockey right wing who has played a record 1,064 consecutive games in the NHL (6) |
| AGASSI | Tennis star who played in the 2025 U.S. Open Pickleball Championships, at age fifty-five |
| MINOSO | White Sox star who played in five decades (1949-1980) |
| AUBURN | US auto company, built flamboyant sporting machines from 1925 to '36 under Cord ownership (6) |
| MR3OOO | Film in which Bernie Mac plays a retired baseball star who didn't get quite as many hits as he thoug |
| UNITAS | Record-holder for throwing a touchdown pass in 47 consecutive games |
| THORNE | Sportscaster Gary who called Orioles games from 2007 to 2020 |
| KAITAK | ___ Airport, international airport of Hong Kong from 1925 until 1998 (3,3) |
| STREAK | Consecutive games stat |
| JOEDIMAGGIO | Baseball star who played his entire career (1936-1951) at New York Yankees (3,8) |
| LAYE | Musical comedy star who played in such musicals as Bitter Sweet (6,4) |
| CARL | US athlete who won gold in the long jump in every Olympic Games from 1984 to 1996 (4) |
| LEWIS | US athlete who won gold in the long jump in every Olympic Games from 1984 to 1996 (5) |
