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🏀2026 NCAA Tournament Forecast 📊
Track each Division I men's basketball team's odds to make (and, later, win) the 2025 NCAA basketball tourney.
7 hrs ago
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Neil Paine
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🏀 2025-26 NBA Elo Forecast and Player Ratings 📈
Track how I'm forecasting every team’s chance to make — and win — the NBA Finals, all season long.
8 hrs ago
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Neil Paine
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The Week That Was (February 2-6, 2026)
A roundup of what I wrote, read, watched, etc. over the past week.
Feb 7
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Neil Paine
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🏈🎙️ Football Bytes: Super Bowl Prop-Fest '26
With only one game left, we fully lean into the prop bets — from the silly to the plausible — to make back our contest entry-fee.
Feb 6
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Neil Paine
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Tyler
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Patriots-Seahawks Could Have Been St. Louis vs. Anaheim
And other assorted weirdo curiosities before Super Bowl LX kicks off on Sunday.
Feb 6
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Neil Paine
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🏒 2025-26 NHL Team Elo Power Rankings & Goals Above Replacement Player Ratings 📉
Power ratings and forecasts for every NHL team and player this season.
Feb 6
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Neil Paine
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Which Countries Define the Winter Olympics?
You may only watch these sports once every four years, but the medal table follows familiar patterns — from Norway’s cross-country machine to America’s…
Feb 6
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Brendan Farrell
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Neil Paine
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Will the NHL Pick Up Where It Left Off After the Olympics?
After tonight, the league won't play again for another 20 days. Let's look at what happened after previous long leaguewide pauses.
Feb 5
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Neil Paine
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Who Would Get the Most Out of a Trade-Deadline Upgrade?
The NBA trade deadline is on Thursday afternoon, and some teams could benefit from adding talent more than others.
Feb 4
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Neil Paine
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The Paradox of Sports Video Gaming
We all want more competition... but do we want what it takes to get it?
Feb 3
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Neil Paine
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The Seahawks Are Huge Super Bowl Favorites (*by current-day standards)
The days of big Super Bowl favorites are over, making Seattle’s 4.5-point spread about as lopsided as these games get anymore.
Feb 2
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Neil Paine
10
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January 2026
The Week That Was (January 26-30, 2026)
A roundup of what I wrote, read, watched, etc. over the past week.
Jan 31
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Neil Paine
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