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Automated sports scores, game threads, and recaps.
Oleksandr Usyk defeated Tyson Fury to become the undisputed heavyweight champion in 2024. He is the first undisputed heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis in 1999.
Boxing was once the biggest sport in America. It is now an afterthought for most sports fans. The numbers tell the story.
Canelo Alvarez became the undisputed super middleweight champion and held all four major belts simultaneously. Now that we can assess his reign, where does he rank all-time?
DFW is Cowboys country first, but the NBA fanbase is growing. Here is where to catch non-Mavs NBA games around the metroplex.
Multiple NBA teams openly tank for draft picks every season. The lottery reform was supposed to fix this. It has not.
The Nikola Jokic argument has shifted from "is he top 5?" to "is he the best player in basketball?" The answer is yes, and the advanced stats make it overwhelming.
The NBA In-Season Tournament (now the NBA Cup) was widely mocked when announced. Then teams actually competed in it. How it works: - All 30 teams are placed in groups within each conference.
The NBA has a star treatment problem and the free throw data makes it undeniable. The evidence (Source: NBA.com, Basketball Reference): - Superstars (defined as top-15 in minutes and usage rate)...
The NBA Play-In Tournament was introduced as a pandemic experiment. It is now a permanent fixture and the best structural change the league has made since realignment.
LeBron James is playing meaningful NBA basketball at 40 years old. The historical context makes this absurd.
Load management has become an epidemic in the NBA. Star players regularly sit out regular season games, and the league's response has been insufficient.
The NBA has become a 3-point shooting league to the point where it is hurting the product. Here is the data.
Victor Wembanyama was the most hyped NBA prospect since LeBron James. His rookie season showed the hype was justified -- and possibly undersold.
The NFL is aggressively expanding internationally. Multiple regular season games are now played outside the United States every season. Here is where things stand.
NFL officiating is scrutinized more than any other sport. But is the criticism justified? The data says yes.
Every NFL fanbase thinks they have it the worst. Let us settle this with data. Criteria: Super Bowl drought, playoff win drought, losing seasons in the last 20 years, heartbreaking losses.
The NFL overhauled kickoff rules for the 2024 season, converting the dead play into an actual strategic element. Here is what the data showed.
The NFL changed overtime rules after the infamous 2021 AFC Championship Game where Josh Allen never touched the ball in overtime. The new rules are better but still flawed.
Thursday Night Football exists because Amazon paid $1 billion per year for the rights. Source: NFL media deal announcements. But the product is demonstrably worse than Sunday football.
NFL teams spend millions on scouting departments. The draft results suggest that money is mostly wasted.
Every week, ESPN, NFL.com, and every sports site publishes power rankings. They are content filler, not analysis. Here is why.
Every offseason, fans say their team "cannot afford" a player because of the salary cap. The truth is more complicated. The salary cap is real on paper but functionally malleable.
Patrick Mahomes is accumulating achievements at a rate that makes a legitimate case for the greatest quarterback of all time. Let us compare the numbers at the same career stage.
Texas takes tailgating as seriously as the games themselves. Having attended game days at every major Texas school, here is the definitive ranking.
The state of Texas has produced more Heisman Trophy winners and finalists than any other state. Here is why the pipeline is so strong.
DFW is home to alumni from every major Texas school. Here is where to find your people on Saturdays. Texas Longhorns: - The Rustic (Uptown, Dallas) — Official Texas Exes DFW watch party location.
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