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🏀 2025 WNBA Elo Team Power Rankings and Player Rankings 📈
Power ratings for every WNBA team and player this season.
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⚾ 2025 MLB Elo Power Ratings, Playoff Odds & Wins Above Replacement (WAR) rankings 📈
The following table is a list of MLB teams with their Elo ratings and their predicted wins throughout the 2025 season.
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The Week That Was (July 7-11, 2025)
A roundup of what I wrote, read, watched, etc. over the past week.
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Is MLB Due for a Second Half — and October — of Parity?
The betting markets still consider the Dodgers huge favorites. But a weak group of top first-half teams seems to be foreshadowing old-school chaos…
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The Rise and Fall of NBA Generations
Much has been made of the Thunder as a quintessentially Zoomer champ. But when did prior generations gain — and lose — their grip on the league? And how…
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Can Oklahoma Finally Be Good on Both Offense and Defense?
When the Sooners boom on one side, they usually bust on the other.
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Which All-Stars Tend to Stay All-Stars?
Each summer, MLB’s best and brightest gather for a midseason showcase. But does it really highlight the stars of tomorrow — or just capture a moment…
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The Death of the Wild NBA Offseason
Just five 5+ WAR players have changed teams so far (and none with 10+ WAR), making this one of the quietest NBA summers since the 1980s — and a sharp…
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🏁 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Driver Rankings 🚗
Tracking the top drivers in the sport, all season long.
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The Best Damn Receiver Who Won’t Make The Hall Of Fame
Jimmy Smith racked up elite numbers despite playing in a small market and battling personal demons — yet he remains one of the best receivers most fans…
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The 2014-15 Kansas City Royals Were One of Baseball’s Great Underdog Stories
Before they became champions, the Royals were lowly and long-suffering — but their sudden rise made them one of the greatest “Little Teams That Could…
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Revisiting the Jordan Years We Pretend Didn’t Happen
MJ’s time in Washington is often seen as a sad epilogue — but the truth is more complicated.
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