By Kurt Bullard Ever since its inception, John Hollinger’s PER statistic has been a widely-used advanced metric that attempts to quantify a player’s overall performance. While the statistic has some practical use, one of its...
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By Kurt Bullard As March approaches, the bubble watch for a select few college basketball program heightens. One of these teams stands out as a peculiar case: Syracuse. The Orange are now predicted to make the NCAA Tournament...
By Thomas Negron Last season’s Premier League title was all but won last April at Emirates Stadium where Chelsea secured a 0-0 draw to maintain a 10 point league lead over Arsenal with just five matches left to play. As the...
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...