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MLS

The Galácticos of MLS: Inter Miami’s Summer Transformation With Lionel Messi

With a second trophy on the line this week in the U.S. Open Cup final against the Houston Dynamo and still a chance of completing an unlikely run to make…

7 months ago James Nalton

NFL

NFL Player Stats: A Position-by-Position Look at the Notable Performances of Week 3

The NFL is a game of not only inches but also numbers. Though you’ve likely already looked at the box score stats, other numbers – more specifically, the advanced numbers…

7 months ago Taylor Bechtold

Fantasy

Waiver Why-er: Top Fantasy Football Week 4 Waiver Wire Pickups

There are no waiver wire pickups for Week 4 quite like Jerome Ford last week, but there are plenty of interesting storylines developing in the NFL. Cooper Kupp and Jonathan…

7 months ago Robbie Dunne

Premier League

Ten Hag Survived Brutal Period but Real Test Starts Now

After beating Burnley, Manchester United enter a pivotal few weeks. If Erik ten Hag cannot improve their fortunes, Manchester City will be waiting to bring down the axe.

7 months ago Ryan Benson

Stat, Viz, Quiz

Stat, Viz, Quiz 8: Chelsea, Newcastle and the Riddle of Goals

Stat, Viz, Quiz is the weekly Opta Analyst newsletter. Our latest edition includes numbers on goals; Chelsea's lack of and Newcastle's plenty in Sheffield.

7 months ago David Segar

NBA

Can Utah’s Taylor Hendricks be the Best Rookie Not Named Wemby?

Welcome to our offseason series “Immediate Impacts.” Most rookies don’t provide positive value to their teams right out of the gate. But as we saw last season with guys like…

7 months ago Mat Issa

Premier League

Five Knee-Jerk Reactions to the Premier League Weekend

Liverpool can create a title race, Spurs are the real deal and Everton will be fine with James Tarkowski. It's our weekly knee-jerk reactions

7 months ago Ali Tweedale

NFL

Eagles vs Buccaneers Prediction: Can Baker Mayfield Expose the Defending NFC Champs’ Pass Defense?

Conference Championship Sunday is still more than four months away, but the team that emerges victorious from Raymond James Stadium on Monday night could be on the inside track to…

7 months ago Matt Becker

Rugby

Rugby World Cup Data Roundup: Round 3

Stats, talking points, data visualisation and predictions. We dig into Round 3 of the Rugby World Cup with our weekly data blog.

7 months ago Jonny McCormick

Premier League

Opta’s Top Five Premier League Players of the Week: Matchday 6

We use the Opta Player Ratings to review the top-performing players of the week from each Premier League matchday.

7 months ago Oliver Hopkins