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🏀 2026 WNBA Elo Team Power Rankings and Player Rankings 📈
Power ratings for every WNBA team and player this season.
8 hrs ago • Neil Paine
⚽ 2026 World Cup Odds Tracker 📈
Aggregating each team's Polymarket odds to advance through, and win, the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
8 hrs ago • Neil Paine
We Don't Know What We Want From All-Star Games
Fans rejected the NBA's artificial spectacle. Then baseball gave them something more real — and they hated that, too.
9 hrs ago • Neil Paine
What a Major-Less Season Would Cost Scottie Scheffler
Golf's aging curve says the world's No. 1 player still has time to build his major résumé. But it also says every empty prime year matters.
Jul 15 • Neil Paine
Baseball's All-Stars Live in the Present
First-half performance dominates All-Star Game selections more than ever — except in the bullpen, where reputation still matters some.
Jul 14 • Neil Paine
🏁 2026 NASCAR Cup Series Driver Rankings 🚗
Tracking the top drivers in the sport, all season long.
Jul 13 • Neil Paine
⚾ 2026 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 2026 season.
Jul 13 • Neil Paine
The HR Derby's Lefties Are Poised to Break The Bank
Citizens Bank Park has become the most lefty-friendly Derby venue in recent history, giving Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper — among others — a built-in…
Jul 13 • Neil Paine
The Week That Was (July 6-10, 2026)
A roundup of what I wrote, read, watched, etc. over the past week.
Jul 11 • Neil Paine
The Worst Players in Baseball Might Be Pretty Good (Or They Used to Be, At Least)
Baseball's worst performers are not always the worst players. Sometimes they're just the ones with enough track record to be allowed to fail…
Jul 10 • Neil Paine
The World Cup's Party-Crashers Make Their Last Stand
The greatest Final Four in World Cup history is within reach — and France, Argentina, Spain and England should each win. But the odds say at least one…
Jul 8 • Neil Paine
The Past Month Has Broken the 2026 MLB Season
One of the strangest Junes in baseball history has thrown everything we thought we knew about this year into doubt.
Jul 8 • Neil Paine
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