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What To Watch In A Star-Studded Final Four

The level of star power in this year’s NCAA women’s Final Four is astonishing to behold. Not just the amount of talent involved, but the diversity of it, promises a wild weekend ahead, with Stanford facing South Carolina, Connecticut taking on Arizona and the winners facing off on Sunday for the national title. The coaches […]

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Were The Eagles Tanking? Or Were They Just Being The Eagles?

sara.ziegler (Sara Ziegler, sports editor): When the NFL took the field in September, we weren’t sure what to expect. How would teams navigate a pandemic? What would a largely fanless season look like? Would the NFC East proceed to be the worst division of all time? Seventeen weeks later, the NFL’s 2020 regular season is […]

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The Most Important NFL Games Of Week 17

Throughout the season, we’ve usually had a little blurb highlighting the most significant and/or interesting game of each week. But for the upcoming week in the NFL, there are far too many meaningful contests to restrict ourselves to talking about just one. So here’s a rundown of the Week 17 games that will have the […]

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Who’s Best In The NFC West? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

sara.ziegler (Sara Ziegler, sports editor): Week 10 of the NFL season wasn’t short on drama, starting with big injury news. ESPN’s Ed Werder reports that Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints suffered “multiple rib fractures on both sides of his chest and a collapsed lung on the right side.” No word yet on how […]

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Are Bad NFL Defenses Breaking Win Probability Models?

sara.ziegler (Sara Ziegler, sports editor): Week 7 of the NFL season gave us a LOT to unpack: The Atlanta Falcons lost yet another game they seemed to have sewn up, while the Dallas Cowboys lost another quarterback during a truly dreadful defeat at the hands of the Washington Football Team. And who could forget the […]

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