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The NHL's New Playoff Format, As Explained By Highly Paid Consultants
The NHL rolled out a new playoff format this season, which some have found a bit confusing. To assist, an employee at Accenture—the world's largest consulting company—has passed along a presentation he made for his boss to explain the changes. This is a great pro bono service: Had you personally ask...
Head-To-Head Records Of The NBA Playoffs, As Cool Radial Charts
Over on NBA.com, Andy Bergmann (@dubly) has put together some neat radial charts showing the head-to-head records between this season's playoff teams....
NBA Playoff Interactive Shows Who's Most Likely To Win Every Round
Our friend Ed Feng at The Power Rank, along with Andrew Phillips from Chartball, put together an interactive that shows win probabilities for the NBA playoffs, all the way through to the finals, weighted heavily by adjusted strength of schedule. ...
European Golfer Jumps Into Lake To Escape Hornet Attack
Pablo Larrazabal was just minding his own business, playing through his second round at the Malaysian Open on Friday, when all of a sudden—HORNET ATTACK!...
"I Haven't Had Any Affairs Yet," Said The All-Star's Wife, "But ..."
When Pat Jordan went to do a story on Dodgers first baseman Steve Garvey and his wife, Cyndy, for Inside Sports in 1980, he never expected trouble. After the story appeared, the Garveys sued Jordan and the magazine, and though the suit was eventually settled—and though the Garveys would soon be divo...
Michigan Playground Pooper Now Inspiring Highway Billboards
There's some weird shit going on in Ypsilanti, Mich., right now. Apparently, some terrible person has been taking dumps on playground equipment all over town, and one local marketing firm has had enough of it. ...
UFC Champ Jon Jones (Apparently) Calls Some Guy A "Fag," Blames Hacker
The other day, a Swedish guy posted some images purporting to show that after he trolled UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones—he is, roughly, the Kevin Durant or Mike Trout of his sport—on Twitter, Jones went through his photos on Instagram and tagged them with homophobic comments....
The Essence Of Yasiel Puig, Captured In One Play
If anyone ever asks you to describe precisely what kind of player Yasiel Puig is, just show them this play from today's game between the Dodgers and Giants. The only thing we are missing here is a bat flip....
What's The Best Way To Score On Jonathan Quick And Antti Niemi?
Goalie performance is extraordinarily important to success in the NHL playoffs (which began last night, FYI). To get you ahead of the curve, Kevin Woodley of NHL.com has broken down the intriguing "goaltender matchup" between LA's Jonathan Quick and San Jose's Antti Niemi, with the help of some goof...
In The End, The Atlantic Wasn't The Worst Division Of All Time
Here's how the Eastern Conference's Atlantic Division stood, a couple weeks into this season:...
The Durant-LeBron Arms Race: Two Of The Best Seasons Of All Time
When we last took a look in February, LeBron James and Kevin Durant were both having monster seasons, with unprecedented combinations of offensive volume (usage percent) and efficiency (true shooting percent). There was still a lot of basektball left to play, but at the time we wrote that "if these ...
Gareth Bale Is The Fastest Man Alive, Scores Late To Win Copa del Rey
The final el clásico of the year. A one-off match for the Copa del Rey trophy. A trophy-starved Barça's last legitimate shot for silverware. Star man Cristiano Ronaldo out with an injury. And in the middle of all this, newcomer Gareth Bale decided he'd just outrun everyone. ...
Which NBA Players Are Best Late In The Shot Clock?
You know the feeling. The post has been fronted, or the cutter bumped off course, or the screen jumped and the slip covered, or maybe whatever the hell happened here, unmercifully, is happening again. NBA offenses get clogged up for lots of reasons, and when the shot clock is winding down, someone's...
Which Leagues Have The Highest Average Player Salaries?
This week, Sporting Intelligence and ESPN the Magazine released the Global Sports Salary Survey 2014, a worldwide look at which leagues pay the most on a per-athlete basis....
Facebook Fandom Map Shows Who We're Rooting For In The NHL Playoffs
Just in time for the postseason, Facebook has put together this map showing which of the remaining 16 NHL teams are favored in each American state and Canadian province and territory. ...
Meet An Elite: Lelisa Desisa
Now that it's cool to care about the Boston Marathon again, Fittish would like to familiarize you with the runners at the front of the pack. This morning's elite: Lelisa Desisa. ...
Junkies Have A Thing For Neil Young
"Loss Prevention" a short story from Richard Lange's impressive collection Dead Boys. Here's how it begins:...
Nik Cohn On The Beatles
"If the Beatles meant a lot in England, they meant very much more in America," wrote Nik Cohnin his brisk, entertaining history of Rock n Roll, Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom: Pop from the Beginning. "They changed everything. They happened at a time when American pop was bossed by trash, by dance crazes...
How Long Is Every Minute Of An NBA Game?
The last minute or so of basketball games, college or pro, is going to take a while if the game's tight. But what about all the other minutes—how long do those take, relative to each other? Inpredictable played a riff on our NCAA tournament stopwatch viewing and ran the timestamps for every play in ...