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By Andrew Puopolo As 2016 winds to a close, we take a look back on 55 reasons why this year was a particularly crazy year in the world of sports. NFL 1.) Both teams that made the Super Bowl failed to make the playoffs the...
By Adam Gilfix Last Wednesday night’s Game 7 of the World Series was one for the ages. Rajai Davis’ frozen rope game-tying home run off flamethrower Aroldis Chapman in the bottom of the eighth inning and Ben Zobrist’s...
By Adam Gilfix Earlier today, the Boston Red Sox set a Major League Baseball record by striking out 11 straight batters, one better than the mark set by the New York Mets’ legend Tom Seaver. The Tampa Bay Rays hitters were...
By Kurt Bullard There is no denying the importance of home-court advantage in the NBA. During the regular season, we saw the Warriors and Spurs combine to go 79-3 on their home floors. But this is especially true come playoff...
By Adam Gilfix Tonight, the Kansas City Royals and New York Mets will play their first game of the 2016 season at Kauffman Stadium. Just over five months ago, these two teams squared off at Citi Field when the Royals captured a...
By Mikeal Joseph Parsons Since Henry Chadwick created the box score at the turn of the twentieth century, baseball, perhaps more than any other sport, has been the subject of statistical analysis as a basis to improve...
By Jason Light Aroldis Chapman has brought a lot of attention toward the Yankee bullpen, with descriptors like “dominant” and a “three-headed monster” being thrown around. But as good as Chapman and the other two stars of...
The following post is just part of a larger project on predicting pitcher injuries. Read the full paper here: Predicting Pitcher Injuries By Kurt Bullard, Jake Meagher, and Declan Garvey Over the past five years, over 23...
By Adam Gilfix The phrase “pitching [and defense] wins championships” is tossed around a lot, especially in the MLB around this time of year. Clearly, some teams (read: Blue Jays, Royals, and Rangers) took that to...
By Adam Gilfix @AdamGilfix JIM MCISAAC/GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA The New York Yankees have seen a 5.5-game lead over the Toronto Blue Jays collapse to 0.5 games from one Tuesday to the next by dropping five of six. This...