Spring training is a time for pitchers to rebuild their arsenals, hitters to find a rhythm against live competition and teams to begin forming their identity for the season. It’s also a time for statistical forecasts, which — let’s be honest — is the kind of preseason prep we are especially fond of here at […]
In 2013, when Southern Cal needed a new men’s basketball coach, it went looking for the fastest-rising candidate on the market. Andy Enfield had started the season as the no-name, second-year head coach of a low-major program in its sixth season of Division I basketball. But then his Florida Gulf Coast team became the first […]
All season long, Maryland has been an offensive force. But lately, the Terrapins have approached games less as a competition and more as a scoring showcase. Such was the case on Thursday against Michigan, with a win clinching at least a share of the Big Ten title. The game plan from the Wolverines seemed to […]
Graphics by Anna Wiederkehr The NFL has an obsession with speed. The love affair goes back at least as far as the 1960s, when former Raiders owner Al Davis carried out his fast-first philosophy. Davis brought on such game-breaking speedsters as would-be Olympic sprinter Willie Gault and all-world athlete Bo Jackson, a pixelated version of […]
neil (Neil Paine, senior sportswriter): We’re about 40 percent of the way through the 2021 NHL season now, and it’s already had a lot of twists and turns — both on and off the ice. To talk about those shifts, we’re bringing together a bunch of people who love to watch and study hockey for […]