All hitters approach the plate differently depending on where they sit in the count. But great hitters and poor…
Bob Bowlsby is a man with a very influential job. He is the commissioner of the Big 12 conference, one of the…
After the NBA introduced the three-point line in 1979, it would have been be intuitive to assume that guards, who…
ESPN Insider is doing something funny with its advanced nerds at the Las Vegas Summer League: The stat guys are…
It's a well-accepted approach in sports that the fastest way to a finish line is with negative splits—i.e. to get…
This year's MLB All-Star Game was the most watched since 2010 making it the highest rated All-Star event among…
David Price may be traded soon. Price would make any MLB team better, but Jeff Sullivan of FanGraphs examined which…
At this year's MLB All-Star Game, the A's, who have the sixth lowest payroll, have the most All-Stars of any team in…
I mean, if you're going to go to the damned Home Run Derby, you may as well catch a home run ball, right? Here's…
If you look at the True Shooting numbers from the last time he moved, LeBron will almost definitely make his new teammates better. How much will him leaving bone his old Heat teammates? Maybe a ton; maybe not a ton. Read more
With the addition of LeBron James, and assuming that no one is traded from now until the first game (which is…
In the commotion surrounding the immediate real estate plans of LeBron James and, to a lesser extent, a supporting…
If you want a good baseball offense, you need to milk to pitch count. That's what it says in Moneyball, and it's been…
The Home Run Derby rosters were just announced—or at least, most of them were—and ESPN Stats & Info put together some…
Germany became the first team to score five goals in the first 29 minutes of any World Cup game in history. It…
With Spain out in the group stage this year, there will be no repeat champion in Brazil. Do any of the remaining…
David Ortiz hit his 450th home run late last month, moving him to 37th on the career home runs list. There's no…
Fangraphs ranked the worst pitches thrown in June based off PITCHf/x data. The very worst is this pitch thrown by Juan Carlos Oviedo, 72.8 inches from the center of the strike zone. The rest aren't far behind. Read more
We're watching the rubber band snap on LeBron free agency coverage. We waited all year to see what would happen, and…
To the surprise of very many, when Neymar went down in the 86th minute against Colombia on Friday, the 22-year-old…