Maybe God really does hate Cleveland. The Cleveland Cavaliers led for much of Game 1 of the finals against the Golden State Warriors and had a better than 70 percent shot at winning it when LeBron James put the Cavs up by four with 5:08 left to play. They lost anyway, and they lost their […]
Let’s play FiveThirtyEight Family Feud. Twenty seconds on the clock. Name an animal that begins with the letter ‘F’. Fox! Name a famous Super Bowl upset. J-E-T-S, Jets, Jets, Jets. Name a famous NBA Finals upset. I mean… umm, uh. Uhhhhhhrrrrrrrmm. That isn’t an easy question. Didn’t Bill Russell’s Celtics once lose in the finals? […]
Let’s play FiveThirtyEight Family Feud. Twenty seconds on the clock. Name an animal that begins with the letter ‘F’. Fox! Name a famous Super Bowl upset. J-E-T-S, Jets, Jets, Jets. Name a famous NBA Finals upset. I mean… umm, uh. Uhhhhhhrrrrrrrmm. That isn’t an easy question. Didn’t Bill Russell’s Celtics once lose in the finals? […]
In the NBA, superstars command so much attention — and affect their teams’ fortunes so deeply relative to other sports — that it’s difficult to resist advertising a playoff series as Star A versus Star B, with teammates and coaches taking lesser billing. Sure enough, this year’s finals bout between the Golden State Warriors and […]
In the NBA, superstars command so much attention — and affect their teams’ fortunes so deeply relative to other sports — that it’s difficult to resist advertising a playoff series as Star A versus Star B, with teammates and coaches taking lesser billing. Sure enough, this year’s finals bout between the Golden State Warriors and […]