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By Danny Blumenthal and Andrew Puopolo As 2017 comes to an end, we look back at the milestones and moments that made this sports year memorable, and also some weird moments that made it unique. NFL Football 1.) The New England...
By Craig Mascarenhas Every sports fan knows the importance of averages. Cricket is no different, with the batting average being the primary yardstick most batsmen are gauged by. A hallmark of a great Test batsman has always been...
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 Harrison Chase The opening episode of America’s fifth major sport, the Challenge, premieres on MTV tonight. As a sports analytics blog, it would be almost unethical for us not provide some statistical insight into what...
By Aly Abdel Khalik and David Wang During the 2013 FINA World Swimming Championships in Barcelona, there was much controversy as to whether the temporary Myrtha Pool was truly a “fair” pool. As the competition proceeded...
By Harrison Chase and Henry Johnson With SummerSlam 2015 around the corner, it’s worth stating the obvious: WWE is complicated. Professional wrestling is stuffed with backstories, rivalries, and plot twists so numerous that...
Caroline Wozniacki’s victory over Maria Sharapova Sunday at the 2014 U.S. Open capped off the madness of the women’s singles bracket at the U.S. Open. Only two of the top eight seeds—Serena Williams and Eugenie...
By Cameron Dowd, Andrew Mooney, and Kevin Meers This post can also be seen at grantland.com here. North Korean basketball enthusiasts have long remained anonymous, as their sport flew as far under the radar as most other...
BASEketball was released in 1998, and while the film did manage to catch director David Zucker before his career free fall had taken him from the heights of Naked Gun to the depths of Scary Movie 4, it was in all other aspects a...
By David Roher Watson closed the pod bay door on Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter last night, bringing the IBM robot’s 2-game Jeopardy total to over $77,000. Humans are still the kings of awful robot-pop-culture references...