The NBA’s playoffs are easily the most predictable of the major American sports leagues. Without the variability of baseball or the single playoff game format like football, it’s pretty rare that there are any true upsets in the first round of the NBA playoffs. In most years you look at the bracket and see only […]
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The madness of King Nagy
As a Bears fan, I don’t really want to turn this website into As Halas Hall Turns , constantly tracking the latest confusing bit of postmodern performance art Matt Nagy is putting on when it comes to Justin Fields. Read more…
Rays playing 5D chess up in here
Analytics have taken over the world of baseball. Depending on who you ask, you’ll get one of three responses: Read more…
Please don’t let Manny Pacquiao fight Errol Spence Jr., it won’t end well
Manny Pacquiao showed the world on Saturday night that he should want no part of Errol Spence Jr. inside associated with a boxing ring. The 42-year-old ‘Pacman’ took on WBA welterweight champion Yordenis Ugas for the title, proving that age isn’t just a number. It matters in the world of boxing. Read more…
NCAA hoops should follow NFL’s lead on relaxing uniform number rules
If you’ve ever watched college basketball, chances are you’ve never seen anyone wear a number ending in 6-through-9 or exceeding 55. If you’ve ever played a college basketball video game, you could never even create a character with such a number. So if you’ve played MyCareer in a recent NBA2K installment that… Read more…
Henry Cavill Is Dating A My Super Sweet 16 Alum!
Henry Cavill has a new girlfriend! The Justice League star confirmed the romance with Natalie Viscuso on Instagram over the weekend after some pap snaps of the couple going for a walk hand in hand hit the web. Natalie is the Vice President of Television and Digital at Legendary Entertainment, which has been involved with the DC films […]
Once you can return safely, here are One Lucky Fan’s picks for the best at MLB parks
It’s Opening Day… and the vast majority of Americans are at least 550 days removed from their last trip out to the old ballgame. We all know about the 2020 shortened season and the cardboard cutouts and we are trying hard to forget it. As such, I know that I am looking heartily forward to […]
Trendy favorites will fall like whimpering squirrels before the mighty ursine
If you’re at all serious about it, you’ve probably taken your first stab at filling out a bracket by now. If you were as serious ludicrous as I am about it, you’d have done it in real time as it was announced. I’d hear Greg Gumbel say, “Now … the 15 seed in the West…” […]
Upsets, trendy faves, arguments against Gonzaga, and your champ will be…
If you’re at all serious about it, you’ve probably taken your first stab at filling out a bracket by now. If you were as serious ludicrous as I am about it, you’d have done it in real time as it was announced. I’d hear Greg Gumbel say, “Now … the 15 seed in the West…” […]
Google Grows an AI that Will learn both Baseball and Pac-Man
The very first key conquest of artificial intelligence was chess. The sport has a shocking number of potential combinations, however, it had been relatively tractable as it was organised by means of a set of rules that are clear. An algorithm can always have great understanding of the condition of this game and understand each […]