LeBron James is having a fantastic season with the Los Angeles Lakers, earning his spot in the All-Star Game for the 20th time. Despite his success, the Lakers have faced challenges, struggling to secure a playoff spot. There’s been speculation about LeBron leaving in the offseason, but he’s made it clear he’s committed to the Lakers. While he knows his playing days are numbered, LeBron remains loyal to the purple and gold. LeBron’s Statement LeBron James recently spoke to reporters about his future in the NBA, revealing that he hasn’t decided how many more seasons he’ll play. He acknowledged ..read more

The number of how many people watched the Super Bowl has grown roughly every year from the first Super Bowl until 2015. Then it experienced an abrupt downturn – from 114.8 million in 2015 to 91.6 in 2021. In the graphic below, you can see the variance in dates. Here are the top 10 most-watched Super Bowls (as of 2/4/24): What is the most-watched Super Bowl of All-Time? In 2015, 114.4 million people watched the Patriots defeat the Seahawks in Super Bowl 49, making it the most watched Super Bowl in history per Nielsen. To visualize it another way, over 77% of households using television were t ..read more

Believe it or not, there WAS a time when “James Harden with beard” was “James Harden without beard.” One look at James Harden without beard reveals why he grew the beard. What in the world did we ever do prior to the existence of GIFs? Harden’s beard looks so life-like, you’d swear it was a living entity. Check out this James Harden Beard GIF that details the growth of the most famous facial hair in the NBA and potentially in the world of sports. And yes, I’m including former Los Angeles Dodgers relief pitcher Brian Wilson in that statement, even though you probably forgot about him. Actuall ..read more

We can’t tell you what the meaning of life is but we can at least tell you what all the little things on an NFL jersey, particularly the helmets, stand for. There are so many branding design elements at work on the current NFL uniform that it is difficult to keep up. This piece aims to break down all elements of the NFL uniform from head to toe. Helmets – NFL Decals and Stickers Explained The Green Sticker on the Back of The Helmet and its Meaning This little green circle worn on the back of the helmet near the top of the head indicates the player that has a radio communication device in his ..read more

List of Super Bowl Winners Scanning through a list of Super Bowl Winners and Losers is like a time capsule. List of Super Bowl Winners and Losers | Who Has Won The Most Super Bowls What Team Has Won The Most Super Bowls | How Many People Watched The Super Bowl? At any point in the last 40 years, mention a game and I can tell you exactly where I was, the Super Bowl MVP, and what I was doing in my life during the game. RELATED – NFL Standings and Records Year by Year Like so many things, the Super Bowl sells nostalgia and history as much as the current game. Interestingly, but not surprisingly ..read more

Through the 2023 NFL Draft, 88 players have been selected first overall. 35 quarterbacks have been selected as the first overall pick. 40% of the time a QB has been selected #1. A quarterback was not selected as the #1 pick until 1944. There are two things you will notice about this list immediately: 1) The same teams draft QBs #1 overall consistently. The Colts have done it 5 times. The Rams have done it 4 times. The Browns have done it 3 times. The Patriots have done it twice. The Bengals have done it twice. The Falcons have done it twice. The Panthers have done it twice. The Buccaneers hav ..read more

To find the dirtiest NBA team and players we looked at personal foul data for the last 5 seasons. And it turns out the Detroit Pistons are the most foul/dirty team in the NBA.  #BadBoys We analyzed NBA teams’ performance over the past five years to identify who committed the most personal fouls, and divided this against playing time to reveal the dirtiest of the dirty. Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. The Detroit Pistons committed the most violations, with a foul recorded once every 11 minutes and 19 seconds. This is significantly higher than the league average offense frequency (one e ..read more

We tabulated the win and loss totals for each of the NFL’s 32 teams from week 1 of the 2013 season until Week 3 of 2023. The Kansas City Chiefs rank in first place, winning 118 out of the 164 games they have played in the past ten years, including their most recent victory against the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Chiefs have won 72% of all games played in the past ten years, ranking as the team that has won the most NFL games since 2013. The Kingdom’s best year was 2022, when they won 14 games, including the Super Bowl. The Chiefs have lost just 46 games over the past ten years, the lowest number ..read more

How did we calculate the worst trades in MLB history? We used all future WAR for the players involved, even if someone played for multiple teams. We sifted through many, many trades. We definitely checked Brock, Frank Robinson, Foster, Sosa, Ferguson Jenkins, Randy Johnson, Eckersley, Ozzie, Jimmie Foxx, Cochrane, Tris Speaker, Miguel Cabrera . . . and many more. 1. Babe Ruth for cash and a curse. 142 future WAR in exchange for 0. There are to my knowledge no other player-for-cash trades that come close to this one, or any on this list, even though in this comparison one team gets nothing in e ..read more

This pic was taken during the notorious “Thunderstruck” light show to open the 4th quarter vs. #3 Michigan on 10/19/21 in a game the Huskers blew in the 4th and lost by 3. Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska, is the Nebraska Huskers Football Stadium, and was erected in 1923. And judging by the old school urinal troughs in the men’s room, it is fair to assume they were built first and the entire rest of the stadium was built around them. An experience akin to your first locker room shower in middle school, it is also fair to assume the youth of today, aided by SnapFace as a distraction, just ..read more