Neil Paine
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Who’s The Team To Beat At The World Baseball Classic?
On top of all those strange new rules, there’s another twist to baseball this March: the return of the World Baseball Classic, the always-entertaining tournamen… → Read More
The Winners And Losers From MLB’s New Rules
We knew MLB’s sweeping rule changes were going to shake up baseball heading into the 2023 season. But it’s been fascinating to watch exactly how much of an adju… → Read More
Why Valentina Shevchenko Is A Huge Favorite — And Jon Jones Isn’t — At UFC 285
A pair of championships are on the line at UFC 285 in Las Vegas Saturday night, and both title bouts offer a study in contrasts. In the main event, former light… → Read More
How Mario Lemieux Beat Cancer — And Started A Comeback For The Ages
Just about everyone knows Wayne Gretzky is the greatest hockey player of all time. (I mean, come on, it’s right there in the nickname.) But there are still thos… → Read More
How MLB’s New Rules Could Change Baseball In 2023
Big baseball rule changes are coming this season, starting with Friday’s spring training openers. Among MLB’s many on-field adjustments: a pitch clock that limi… → Read More
Why One Floundering Company Might Change The Economics Of Baseball Forever
Generally speaking, buying a Major League Baseball team is one of the best investments you can make. Franchise valuations have skyrocketed over the past few dec… → Read More
How The Eagles And Chiefs Got Back To The Super Bowl
In some ways, it’s not surprising to see the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles facing off in Super Bowl LVII. These two teams are pretty familiar with … → Read More
LeBron’s Path To The NBA’s All-Time Scoring Crown, In 2 Charts
While it has been far from a banner season for the Los Angeles Lakers, one bright spot has been LeBron James’s pursuit of an NBA record that was once considered… → Read More
Patrick Mahomes And The Chiefs Are Still Improving On Excellence
The Patrick Mahomes-led Kansas City Chiefs have crossed over into that rarest territory of sports dominance — teams so consistently good that it’s easy to take … → Read More
Are The Defending Stanley Cup Champs Going To Drift Out Of The Playoffs?
Last year, the Colorado Avalanche made history as one of the most dominant Stanley Cup champions to ever take the ice. This year’s Avs are threatening to make h… → Read More
The Bruins Are Unbeatable, The Panthers Are Floundering, And Ageless Ovechkin Can’t Stop Scoring
The holidays are over, and so is roughly half of the NHL’s 2022-23 regular-season schedule. That means it’s time to take stock of a season that has been decided… → Read More
The Best Teams Of 2022 Weren’t Always Champions
Year’s end is always a cause for reflection, a moment to look back at all the good and bad that happened over the preceding 12 months. If you’re playing footbal… → Read More
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 o… → Read More
Which World Cup Player Should You Root For?
Take our quiz to find the best World Cup player to root for in 2022. → Read More
The New Jersey Devils Are Scorching The NHL Again
As the wise philosopher David Puddy once said: “Don’t mess with the Devils, buddy. We’re number one, we beat anybody!” And that was more or less true throughout… → Read More
Dusty Baker’s Astros Didn’t Need An Asterisk
Among the many memorable moments made after the Houston Astros clinched the World Series over the Philadelphia Phillies Saturday night, perhaps the most indelib… → Read More
The Astros And Phillies Have Showed Off Their Championship DNA In This World Series
In many ways, the Houston Astros and Philadelphia Phillies are back to square one after two games of this World Series. That applies at the most basic level; th… → Read More
How LIV Golf Is Tearing The Sport Apart, In 3 Charts
It seems you can’t go a week without players from the PGA Tour and LIV Golf sniping at each other in the press. The most recent edition featured maybe the two b… → Read More
The Astros Are Chasing History. But The Phillies Know How To Pull A Historic Upset.
The Astros are four wins away from baseball immortality, but the Phillies can make some history of their own. → Read More
The Phillies Wanted To Be The Astros. Now They’ll Have To Beat Them For A World Series.
The Phillies are knocking on a championship door. The Astros stand in their way. → Read More