If you’re worried about the Miami Heat after Game 1 vs. the Pacers, don’t be: four times since they got LeBron James, they’ve lost Game 1 and won the series

Sports fans love to worry and assume a one-game sample size is the be-all and end-all. Straight up, it’s not. Case in point: the Miami Heat. Here’s the arc that has run through them this playoff season: they swept the Bobcats,… Continue Reading

No NHL team has repeated as Stanley Cup Champions since the 1997-1998 Detroit Red Wings. Can the Chicago Blackhawks do it this year?

If you consider the “four major sports” in the U.S. to be NBA, NHL, NFL, and MLB, then the longest time has elapsed between back-to-back champions in the NHL. Consider: the last time it happened there was ’97-’98 (Red Wings).… Continue Reading

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Super Bowl post-mortem: What can we learn from Pete Carroll, Jimmy Johnson and Barry Switzer about winning as a college coach in the NFL?

Here’s a list of every Super Bowl winning coach. After last night, four total titles have been won by three men who share a similar distinction — winning a Super Bowl and a college national championship. Those three men? Jimmy Johnson,… Continue Reading

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With the World Cup draw, an age-old question: does someone like Lionel Messi have to win a championship for his legacy?

I just embedded that video up top because it’s fun, and because it got about 33 million hits in about four days. It’s not really relevant at all to this post; Kobe Bryant has won a championship (five of ’em,… Continue Reading