By: Jack Schroeder Thursday night, the Cleveland Browns beat the New York Jets 21-17, their first win since beating the then-San Diego Chargers on Christmas Eve in 2016. The Browns’ winless streak stretched 635 days. To put...
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By Matty Cheng NFL teams that performed poorly in win column one year can rise to Super Bowl champions the next (like the Philadelphia Eagles). An NFL game has been sometimes referred to as a “game of inches” in which wins...
Is There Any Evidence To Support The Presence Of A World Cup Hangover In The English Premier League?
By Andrew Puopolo Less than 4 weeks ago, France defeated Croatia 4-2 in Moscow to claim the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Over the last few weeks, soccer fans have been treated to a series of uninspiring preseason friendlies where many of...
By Jack Schroeder Where do France rank among previous World Cup champions? While France looked dominant at times during the World Cup, I wanted to find out how they compared to the champions of the past. Were France simply lucky...
By Andrew Puopolo Yesterday, favorites France defeated surprise package Croatia to win their second World Cup. However, earlier on in this tournament we saw some very surprising results. In the group stage, Croatia dismantled...
By: Tate Huffman We are just past the midway point of the 2018 MLB season, and with every team having played over half of their 162-game schedules, the standings are a mix of preseason favorites and surprise squads. The common...
By Andrew Puopolo When Yerry Mina nodded Colombia ahead in the 74th minute of their match against Senegal, an unprecedented situation was on the cards. Japan and Senegal were tied for 2nd place in Group H with 4 points. Both...
By: Jake Levene and Zach Diamandis Around this time every year, a familiar but always exciting debate reignites: who should be the NBA’s MVP? There are familiar faces, such as Lebron James, who has been within the top 10 of MVP...
By Daniel Blumenthal and Andrew Puopolo Expanding upon our tradition of publishing 68 facts before March Madness every year, we decided to write a facts based preview for the World Cup. Below are 64 matches about this...
By: Laurie Shaw On Thursday 14th June, at 6pm local time, the 21st World Cup will kick off in Moscow; the first to be held in Russia, and only the second in Asia. Thirty-one days later, two of the thirty-two participants will...