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China Is Splurging On Big-Name Soccer Talent

In the past few weeks, the Chinese Football Association Super League — the country’s premier professional soccer league — has been on a shopping spree. By the close of the January transfer window, the Chinese Super League had outspent England’s Premier League in the transfer market; the CSL made five of the six largest transfer […]

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How Our 2015-16 NBA Predictions Work

UPDATE (Oct. 20, 2016; 1 p.m.): Our 2016-17 NBA Predictions follow the same methodology as our predictions from last year. Check out the article below for more details. During last season’s NBA playoffs, we introduced our NBA Elo ratings, using them to find the best NBA teams of all time, visualize the complete history of […]

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How Our 2015-16 NBA Predictions Work

During last season’s NBA playoffs, we introduced our NBA Elo ratings, using them to find the best NBA teams of all time, visualize the complete history of the NBA and take a close look at how good the Warriors really were. This season, we expanded our rating system to incorporate our CARMELO player ratings, and […]

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How Many Times Did The Mets Blow It?

Welcome to this week’s episode of Hot Takedown, our podcast where the hot sports takes of the week meet the numbers that prove them right or tear them down. On this week’s show (Nov. 3, 2015), we ask whether the Kansas City Royals won the World Series or the New York Mets lost it. We […]

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