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The Hockey News put together an interactive chart showing every NHL team’s era-adjusted cumulative goal differential. Anything jump out at you?...

Which MLB Stadium Has The Cheapest Beer?VinePair charted the best beer prices from all 30 MLB teams. Unsurprisingly, Fenway Park bleeds their patrons dry when it comes to selling beers. Leeches....

Chart: The Average Player Salaries In Soccer Leagues Around The WorldA lot of what we talk about when we compare different soccer leagues, from arguing which one's the best to which one's the deepest and even which plays the most attractive style, comes down to how much money is spent on players. In that sense, this Sportsmail chart listing the average salaries of pl...

Poll Results: What's A Sport And What's Not?

Here, visualized, the results of a poll that are as interesting as they are unscientific. Click expand and commence arguing over what makes something a sport as opposed to a game or an activity....

Twitter Shuts Up When Penalty Kicks Are Taken

Twitter data's discovered a neat pattern by examining usage during a World Cup shootout. Just like people at a bar or on a couch, everyone gets quiet on Twitter right before each penalty kick....

Which Countries Have Produced The Most World-Famous Athletes?

The treemap chart above—part of the Pantheon project out of MIT Media lab—shows the birth countries of "globally known" sportspeople from 4,000 BC to 2010, i.e. sportspeople who are listed in the Wikipedias of at least 25 different languages. The U.S. and the U.K. come out on top, having produced 16...

Who Are The Best And Worst NFL Announcers?

Over at Sports on Earth, Aaron Gordon watched two NFL games called by each announcing crew in an attempt to quantify the best and worst broadcasters in the business. There were few surprises....

This Interactive Graphic On MLB Payrolls Is Amazing

You may want to wait a bit before checking out Phil Roth's wonderful little tool that allows you to explore baseball teams' payrolls, because you'll be there a while....