By Andrew Puopolo Major North American sports leagues suffer from a competitive imbalance, where teams from bigger cities like New York and Los Angeles have traditionally had more success than teams from small cities like...
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By Daniel Alpert This year saw two of the best teams in baseball go on wild streaks. The Cleveland Indians famously went on a 22-game win streak over August and September, winning 27 of 28 total games at one point. At the same...
By Andrew Puopolo and Benedict Brady In sports bars around the country, people are constantly arguing the merits of their respective sports teams. Fans of the New York Yankees and Boston Celtics will often cite their superiority...
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2016: A (Mostly) Statistical Year in Review
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 Andrew Puopolo In the last couple of years, the level of parity in the NBA has diminished with the Golden State Warriors setting a record for regular season wins and the Philadelphia 76ers nearly setting a record for regular...
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 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 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...
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...