Benjamin Morris
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Dick Vermeil Retired A Decade Ago. Will You Please Stop Using His Damn 2-Point Conversion Chart?
Before the Super Bowl in February, we published a fairly comprehensive guide for when to go for 2, simplified into one slightly complicated (but very easy to us… → Read More
The Warriors Didn’t Need Kevin Durant To Be This Good
The Warriors won more than 80 percent of their combined regular-season and playoff games this season, last season and the season before. → Read More
Running Backs Are Finally Getting Paid What They’re Worth
It may reflect a growing recognition that, for all their talent, traditionally great running backs probably don’t actually contribute that much to their teams’ chances of winning. → Read More
The Browns Need A Great QB, Which Is Why They Didn’t Draft One
If the Browns thought none of these prospects was worth betting the franchise on, their first-round choices were prudent. → Read More
The Case For Stephen Curry, MVP
It almost goes without saying that Stephen Curry is the best player on the best team in basketball — the first team in history to win at least 67 games three seasons in a row. But Curry isn’t… → Read More
Mississippi State Earned Every Bit Of That Upset Over UConn
Wow. I mean, wow. Mississippi State’s victory over UConn was a great game, and a great upset. Mississippi State will go down in history as the team that ended t… → Read More
UConn Just Got A Shortcut On Their Road To Perfection
The University of Connecticut Huskies are good at the basketball. After beating Oregon handily Monday night, UConn’s win streak now stands at 111 games and they’re headed back to the Final Four. Si… → Read More
The Raiders Are Lame Ducks, Again
The Oakland Raiders’ wanderlust is never ending. On Monday, the team gained league approval to move to Las Vegas. It comes at a strange time for the Raiders, since they’ve just recently gotten pret… → Read More
Is UConn Still A Big Favorite?
The University of Connecticut Huskies kept their roll going Saturday with a breezy 86-71 victory over UCLA. It’s their 110th win in a row — and the 157th of th… → Read More
UConn Is 1 Win From Being The Streakiest College Team Ever
After the University of Connecticut Huskies won their 109th straight game Monday, their chances of winning the NCAA women’s basketball tournament and carrying t… → Read More
UConn Won By 61 But Their Chances Of A Five-Peat Dropped
You don’t normally expect the best team in college basketball to win their opening round game by 61 points, only to see their chances of winning the women’s NCA… → Read More
UConn Is Facing Its Toughest Tournament In Years
The NCAA Women’s Tournament bracket is out, and the Connecticut Huskies have a 52 percent chance to capture their 12th national championship and seventh undefea… → Read More
When To Go For 2, For Real
“I can’t help but ask, one day many years later, when you find your previous awareness, cognition and choices are all wrong, will you keep going along the wrong path or reject yourself?” -- Gu Li, a 9-dan Go champion, after losing to AlphaGo, Google’s nigh-unbeatable deep learning AI. → Read More
How Evan McMullin Could Win Utah And The Presidency
With the election only weeks away, Hillary Clinton appears to have the lead and the momentum. As of this writing, the FiveThirtyEight polls-only forecast gives her around an 87 percent chance of wi… → Read More
WWE’s New Era Began In Japan
If you watched the WWE’s SummerSlam festivities this past Sunday, there’s a good chance you -- like some in the WWE locker room -- came away from the experience a bit perplexed or disgusted about Brock “The Beast” Lesnar splitting Randy Orton's head open. I’m with you 100 percent. → Read More
Reflections Of A Degenerate ‘American Idol’ Gambler
First I enjoyed “American Idol,” then I studied it, then I gambled on it, then I watched it fall apart. Watching “Idol” for me was a lot like anything else I do… → Read More
How Scalia Became The Most Influential Conservative Jurist Since The New Deal
Think of the Supreme Court as a small group of lawyers who meet up in Washington several times a year to discuss and debate a variety of important topics. When they finish debating, they get togeth… → Read More
Stephen Curry’s Bombs Are Too Good To Be True*
One of the reasons Stephen Curry’s 2015-16 season has been so magical is that it has been about more than just dominance — that’s more LeBron James’s turf — it has been about doing things in bask… → Read More
Stephen Curry Is The Revolution
Before this year’s NBA season started, I had a conversation with a Golden State Warriors fan. He was excited about his team and was keen to explain its success: It was perfectly balanced, with perf… → Read More
Skeptical Football: For Once, My MVP Isn’t Peyton Manning
This NFL season has had its share of head-scratching quirks, but I’m not buying that it’s been as “super weird” as it seems. A lot of stuff happens in the NFL, so every year seems like a crazy year… → Read More