By Andrew Puopolo After a poor start to the season compared to lofty preseason expectations, the Boston Celtics walked into the United Center on Saturday night riding a 4 game winning streak and feeling confident about beating...
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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 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 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 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 Andrew Puopolo Earlier on in the NBA Playoffs, I was watching a game in which 5 or 6 possessions in a row ended in a foul. This got me wondering, do playoff games, on average, have more fouls than regular season games? Or was...
By Andrew Puopolo Yesterday marked the final day of matches in the Premier League season, and while watching Tottenham’s wild 5-4 victory over Leicester, I thought to myself: since most teams often have very little to play for...
By: Jackson Weaver Last month marked the beginning of the Major League Soccer season, and it began in classic, unpredictable MLS fashion. Toronto FC, the league winners last year and projected winners this year, have lost four...
By Andrew Puopolo This weekend, Southampton make the journey to Wembley to take on Chelsea in the FA Cup Semifinal. The semifinal is an opportunity for over 33,000 Saints fans to watch their team in the national stadium and dream...
By Andrew Puopolo Two weeks ago, I wrote an article discussing whether midtable teams perform worse at the end of the Premier League season because they have nothing to play for. But what about those teams who are desperately...