Category: Sports

The vaunted College Football Playoff rankings were released for the first time today. I wondered, is it time to start freaking out? These things always seem to take care of themselves. Most of the top programs are still alive When it comes to college football, there is always controversy, however,

Ohio State and Virginia Tech meet for the first time on Saturday night. Having lived in Virginia for many years, the stakes are high (at least for me, personally). My buddy JMorg, a true Hokie fan, posited an interesting opinion via twitter: “Over the years VT doesn’t tend to lose by

From Sports Illustrated: Batting average of pull-hitting lefties. BA = batting average BABIP = Batting average on balls in play – basically BA – home runs  

2 QBs have started for the New York Giants since 2004. Name them. Answer in the comments.

I was stunned by USA Today’s stat: Dwight Howard has missed more free throws this season than Steve Nash has in his career. Surely, this can’t be true – the mainstream media must be mistaken. I dug into the data. Dwight Howard is an abysmal free throw shooter Dwight Howard

Aaron Craft is a thrill to watch, unless you’re opposing him; then he’s an absolute terror. He’s also been inconsistent on offense. I wondered, if Aaron Craft has an off-day shooting, how does that impact the Buckeye’s chances? Craft is consistent on defense In the Buckeyes’ 34 games (27-7), Craft

Women and men were created differently. Men hold faster world records than women for every running distance (as tracked by wikipedia). I wondered, as the distance gets longer, does the margin decline between men and women? Methodology: I looked at world records from wikipedia to find the difference between men

Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski is a tremendous coach. His resume of wins and titles speaks for itself (his 11,000+ word biography on Duke.com is a different matter). I wondered, what does his coaching tree look like? Has his success propagated to his former assistants? Coach K’s coaching tree has a couple

While the Texas Rangers have among the best record in the majors, since the All-Star break they’re barely above .500. I wondered, if the MLB season began after the All-Star break, who would be in line to go to the playoffs? The Rangers and Yankees would be out The Rangers