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It Took A Year, But The Seattle Kraken Have Been Released

Are expansion teams now about instant gratification, or do good things still come to those who wait? The Seattle Kraken are yet another fascinating data point on the speed at which a new franchise can become competitive. Now in its second NHL season, the team is 15-10 and ranks ninth in the league with a […]

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Every Sport Is Out Of Control

First, we take a look at the wild weekend across sports: from Alabama losing to Texas A&M and Oklahoma winning without Spencer Rattler, to the magic funhouse that is Fenway Park providing a ground-rule double debate now made moot by the Red Sox winning the ALDS, to the Chicago Sky and Phoenix Mercury unseating the […]

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