July 7, 2015
Tip O’ the Salary Cap: What to Do About Russell Wilson?
Everyone agrees that Seattle’s franchise QB has earned a new contract, but for how much and how long? Let’s break down both sides of the argument and see if there’s a happy medium to be found.
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NBA Free-Agency Winners and Losers
In a tornado of rumors, meetings, contracts, and trades, some teams came out of the NBA’s shopping season with the balance of power tipped in their favor … while the others will just have to wait until next year.
Read moreJuly 6, 2015
Sister Act: Watching Venus and Serena Williams at Wimbledon
Every time a great player hits a ball, she marks it as her own. This is not intentional; it’s not even a question of style. It’s something more elemental, more like a fingerprint than a signature. It has to do with the angle of her hips, the height of her backswing, the distortions from her […]
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Praise the Lloyd: Carli and Team USA Put on a Show in Vancouver
The U.S. women run out of bubblegum in their match against Japan.
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How LeBron James Gets What He Wants by Waiting
LeBron is using the leverage created by his free agency to get the moves he wants made. It’s up to Cavs GM David Griffin to figure out how to fit the ‘Tetris’ pieces, and up to owner Dan Gilbert to supply the cash.
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Adventures in Wonderlawn: Living the Surreal Life at Wimbledon
The strange rhythms of life at the All England Club.
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How the Pitchers Who’ve Outperformed or Underperformed Their Projections the Most Will Fare in the Second Half
Last week, we looked at the hitters who’ve most underperformed or overperformed the preseason expectations set by PECOTA, Baseball Prospectus’s projection system. Today we’ll tackle the pitchers, using the same stat: True Average, BP’s park- and era-adjusted offensive metric, which is scaled to a .260 league average. For pitchers, we’re interested in True Average allowed, so the further below .260, the better. The challenge is to pick the players who’ve really changed from the ones who are still their same old selves. We’ve taken a stab at separating one from the other below, but you can take the test, too.
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The 30: Nobody Knows What’s Happening With Robinson Cano
While the Mariners hope that Cano isn’t cooked a year and a half into a 10-year contract, veteran struggles abound: The Padres grow impatient with Matt Kemp, the Yankees look to move on from CC Sabathia, and the Dodgers debate how long to stick with Jimmy Rollins.
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The Winners and Losers From NHL Free Agency
While the free-agency market isn’t done, it’s cooled off enough that we can start handing out some report cards.
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Put Up the Third Star: Six Key Figures From the USWNT’s World Cup Triumph
Carli Lloyd ascends to heaven, Jill Ellis smiles from the bench, and Abby Wambach finally steps aside.
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