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The All-Scoring Rookie teams?

May 15, 2013 | Filed under: Basketball Stories

Arthur North has written an excellent post about how the NBA’s All-Rookie teams were clearly determined by points per game (PPG).

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Send in the clones

May 14, 2013 | Filed under: Baseball Stories, Basketball Stories, Football Stories

Dave applies the “clone argument” to baseball and football, proving that Miguel Cabrera, Adrian Peterson, and Peyton Manning can’t be great players.

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What’s Your Wins Produced?

May 13, 2013 | Filed under: Economics, Sports Economics

Dave uses the study of sports and economics to help understand why the bonuses given to Wall Street executives were misguided.

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A coach is probably the highest-paid public employee in your state

May 10, 2013 | Filed under: College Sports

Reuben Fischer-Baum of Deadspin has created an excellent infographic of the highest-paid public employees by state and occupation.

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Why George Karl isn’t coach of the year

May 9, 2013 | Filed under: Basketball Stories

Dre examines how Karl’s bad coaching has kept a great big three from succeeding.

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Best and Worst Games of Round 1

May 8, 2013 | Filed under: Basketball Stories

Arturo makes a nice visual for the Best and Worst Round 1 games

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2013 Playoffs Round 1 Postmortem and Round 2 Picks

May 6, 2013 | Filed under: Basketball Stories

Arturo does the thing with Round 1 wrapup and Round 2 picks.

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100 Helens agree: Wages of Wins contest entries for Round 2

May 6, 2013 | Filed under: Basketball Stories

Devin reviews the selections made in the second round of the Wages of Wins NBA Playoff contest. One hundred participants can’t be wrong…can they?

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Final first round contest scores

May 5, 2013 | Filed under: Basketball Stories

If you want to participate in the Wages of Wins NBA Playoffs prediction contest, your second round picks are due TODAY at 1:00pm EST!

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Wages of Wins Playoff Contest: Round 2

May 4, 2013 | Filed under: Basketball Stories

Hurry up and submit your 2nd round picks if you want to participate in the Wages of Wins NBA Playoffs prediction contest! Picks are due Sunday, May 5th at 1:00pm EST!

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