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Dorktown: The god-awful drive that changed NFL history
In 2011, the Jets and Chiefs helped each other put together one of the worst five-minute stretches of football the NFL has ever seen. It shouldn’t have mattered. And yet, it changed both teams forever. → Read More
Dorktown: Sometimes MLB players should only play at a certain time of day
Stark differences in player production based on time of day, as demonstrated by a lot of charts → Read More
Casey Fossum once destroyed me
One day fifteen years ago, this man ruined me. → Read More
Dorktown: Stephen Curry really hit 105 threes in a row
Yeah, they were uncontested practice threes. But no one on Earth has any right to pull off anything like this. → Read More
Fumble Dimension: We’re here to fix or ruin soccer, whichever comes first
In Part 1 of their latest project, Kofie and Jon explore the hit soccer simulator Football Manager and try to create the best and worst formations imaginable. → Read More
Dorktown: Please stop wasting Deshaun Watson’s greatness
A quarterback as great as Deshaun Watson has never played for a losing team. But in Houston, that’s what’s unfolding. → Read More
The 1986 Philadelphia Eagles were sacked into utter oblivion
Sacks. So many sacks. More sacks than should really be possible. → Read More
Dorktown: NFL teams that score 16 points win more often than teams that score 21. Why?
It’s not just that. Teams who score 13 have a better winning percentage than teams who score 14. 20 > 21. 23 > 24. 27 > 28. What is going on here? → Read More
NFL playoff picture 2020: How a 6-win NFC East team could make the playoffs
The NFC East is so bad that we’re in danger of seeing a six-win team in the playoffs. Maybe even a five-win team. → Read More
The 1994 AL West was an almost unfathomably bad division
The most tragic part of the curtailed 1994 season was the American League West → Read More
Dorktown: The 2019 Nationals did something in three straight games that’s barely ever been done in two
A three-day, head-spinning fiesta of extra-base hits → Read More
Mookie Blaylock was an NBA steals legend, and he did it without fouling
Some players risk fouling to gamble for steals. And some are Mookie Blaylock. → Read More
Scott Schebler’s 2017 was one of the strangest in MLB history
Not sure there’s ever been a more inexplicable season in the 5 million-year history of baseball → Read More
The ‘93 Dallas Mavericks team was the very best at being the very worst
Raising a glass to honor the greatest single-season dumpster fire in basketball history → Read More
Dorktown: The secret to not allowing homers to Babe Ruth was being bad, apparently
The story of the two pitchers Babe Ruth faced a ton without ever homering → Read More
20020: The Future of College Football
A football game that lasts thousands of years on a field that stretches thousands of miles. Welcome to sports in the 201st century. → Read More
Luis Castillo’s 2000 season might be the most bizarre in MLB history
180 hits. SEVENTEEN RBIs. It took a wild chain of events to set this up. → Read More
Dorktown: Duncan Robinson has no time for 2-pointers
Duncan Robinson, who is somehow not a center for the Spurs, has had a wild basketball journey — from Division III Williams College to University of Michigan reserve to undrafted free agent to... → Read More
The History of the Seattle Mariners: Supercut Edition
At last, this documentary series from Jon Bois is Alex Rubenstein is pieced together into one gigantic video. And that poster some of you have been asking for? We’ve got that too. → Read More
The History of the Seattle Mariners, Part 1
Welcome to the most interesting team in North American sports → Read More