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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.
9 hrs ago • Neil Paine
🏀 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.
9 hrs ago • Neil Paine
🏒 2025-26 NHL Team Elo Power Rankings & Goals Above Replacement Player Ratings 📉
Power ratings and forecasts for every NHL team and player this season.
10 hrs ago • Neil Paine
The Week That Was (March 9-13, 2026)
A roundup of what I wrote, read, watched, etc. over the past week.
11 hrs ago • Neil Paine
Bam Adebayo's 83-Point Game Lacked Mythology More Than Legitimacy
Most record pursuits are manufactured. We just overlook it when they fit a player's larger narrative — something Adebayo's night didn't.
Mar 13 • Neil Paine
Geno Smith Had to Leave the Jets to Get Good. Can He Rewrite the Story Now?
A rare reunion gives Smith a chance to reshape one of the most fascinating QB career arcs of the past few decades.
Mar 12 • Neil Paine
The Women's Basketball Field Keeps Getting Better. So Does UConn.
In a year where the rest of the field may never have been deeper, the Huskies still might render that fact irrelevant.
Mar 11 • Neil Paine
The 2026 QB Market is Full of Chaos Agents
Seldom have we seen a group of quarterbacks on the move in an offseason with so much variance in their potential performance.
Mar 10 • Neil Paine
The Sabres' Playoff Drought Lasted Generations — But It's Almost Over
Tracking the franchise's 15-year postseason absence, from a kindergartener Zach Benson in 2011 to a 51-year-old Patrick Lalime in 2026.
Mar 9 • Neil Paine
🏁 2026 NASCAR Cup Series Driver Rankings 🚗
Tracking the top drivers in the sport, all season long.
Mar 9 • Neil Paine
The Week That Was (March 2-6, 2026)
A roundup of what I wrote, read, watched, etc. over the past week.
Mar 7 • Neil Paine
Lou Holtz Was College Football's Original Turnaround Artist
The Hall of Fame coach made a career of jumping from program to program and fixing them fast — a restless approach that now defines the modern sport he…
Mar 6 • Neil Paine
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