Meanings of breaking a tie in English

Woods' next PGA Tour win would be his 83rd, breaking a tie with Sam Snead.

One is justified, I am sure, in breaking a tie of relationship that involves you in dishonour.

Oregon opened an eight-point lead after breaking a tie at 58 with nine minutes left and held on.

That moved Lloyd into fourth place in career goals for the US, breaking a tie with Michelle Akers.

Boston's David Pastrnak scored twice, breaking a tie with Toronto's Auston Matthews for the NHL lead in goals.

Belichick became the first coach to win five Super Bowl titles, breaking a tie with Pittsburgh's Chuck Noll.

Brey become Notre Dame's all-time leader in men's basketball coaching victories with 394, breaking a tie with former coach Digger Phelps.

Cam Fowler played in his 595th game for the Ducks, the most from an Anaheim defenseman, breaking a tie with Ruslan Salei.

Kubalik also moved into first place among NHL rookies in goals scored this season, breaking a tie with the Buffalo Sabres' Victor Olofsson.

The point was the 1,888th for Jagr in his career, breaking a tie for second with Mark Messier.

Brady's second-quarter touchdown pass was the 421st of his career, breaking a tie with Dan Marino for third place on the all-time list.

Westbrook had 10 assists, coming up just shy of breaking a tie with Jason Kidd for third place in triple-doubles in a career.

It was the 17th playoff goal of Carlson's career, breaking a tie with Kevin Hatcher for most playoff goals by a defenseman in Capitals' history.

San Jose center Joe Thornton played in his 1,515th game, breaking a tie with Steve Yzerman for 18th in league history.

Winnipeg's Paul Maurice coached his 1,599th game, breaking a tie with Ken Hitchcock for the fifth-most NHL games behind the bench.

Goaltender Henrik Lundqvist made 26 saves Monday while earning his 455th career win, breaking a tie with Curtis Joseph for fifth-most all-time.