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Aug 30, 2021

2021-22 NBA Player Projections

Our projection system identifies similar players throughout NBA history and uses them to develop a probabilistic forecast of what a current NBA player’s future might look like.

Aug 30, 2021

The Best, Worst And Weirdest Stats Of The 2021 MLB Season

The 2021 MLB regular season is nearly down to its final month, and we’ve already seen some pretty incredible achievements so far. Although this season’s normal, 162-game schedule naturally helps to even out aberrant numbers more than last year’s shortened, 60-game slate did, there’s still been no shortage of eye-popping stats. Here’s a rundown of […]

Aug 27, 2021

The Best Interior Run Defenders Probably Won’t Make Your Defense Better

The battle between run blockers on the offensive line and run stoppers on defense defined the NFL for decades. But, in 1994, the league changed its rules to incentivize passing and turned football from a sport largely decided in the trenches to one decided in the air. Along the way, the league that averaged 18.7 […]

Aug 26, 2021

Have The Streaking Yankees Gotten Better — Or Just Luckier?

For the first few months of the 2021 MLB season, the New York Yankees resembled a sputtering car. Their usually loud bats were silent to start the season en route to a 5-10 record. They pulled things together to cruise to eight games over .500 by late May, only to see themselves skid back down […]

Aug 25, 2021

Some NBA Summer League Stars Look ‘Too Good’ To Be There. What Does That Mean For Their Futures?

Year after year, most people in and around the NBA ecosystem — coaches, players, executives, agents, media members, hopefuls, hangers-on and more — descend on Las Vegas for the league’s annual Summer League competition. The basketball, generally, is not of very high quality. For example, the league’s 30 teams collectively shot 41 percent from the […]