The NFL is considering playing on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving in 2026
This is part of the ongoing NFL schedule creep... in the 2000s, just 12% of games were not played on Sundays. In the 2020s, that has been increased to 19%
Miami (Ohio) basketball averaged 1,800 fans for its first 10 home games... Then, coming out of winter break, with the team 20-0, nearly 6,000 students (30% of the school!) showed up for a game
Here's what happens when your team suddenly becomes very, very popular 👇
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A ridiculous Bam Adebayo chart
Bam Adebayo with the most points ever in an NBA game with footage
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is up to an 89% chance to win the 2026 NBA MVP after his game-winner last night versus the Nuggets
If you build a 31-0 regular season record, they will come
The Boston Celtics have committed nearly 100 fewer live ball turnovers than any other NBA team this season
The Portland Trail Blazers on the other hand...
NBA landscape in the past five weeks ⬇️
• The Spurs are rolling
• The Heat have been surprisingly great
• The Nuggets, Wolves, and Rockets have been mid
• The tank-a-thon is on
NFL players made their preference for natural grass over artificial turf very clear in the NFLPA's annual report cards
Rudy Gobert dunks a lot...
NFLPA report card grades 👀
Kon Knueppel ranks 25th in the entire NBA in offensive EPM
There isn't a single other rookie in the league who ranks as significantly above average on offense
Jayson Tatum, who loves the step back 3, will return to a Boston Celtics team that already leads the NBA in unassisted 3-pointers
NFLPA 🏈 report card rankings from 2023 to 2026:
• Miami Dolphins 🐬 No. 1 for third straight year
• Minnesota Vikings No. 2 for third straight year
• Washington Commanders have risen from No. 32 in 2024 to No. 3 in 2026
• Pittsburgh Steelers have dropped down to No. 32
Here's a look at @sportico.bsky.social's average franchise valuations for different sports leagues ⬇️
NFL 🏈 teams are worth $7.13 billion on average
NWSL ⚽️ teams are worth $184 million on average
The NFL salary cap will be $301 million in the 2026 season, up 94% from the 2016 season
This is a lot of sports properties for one company
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The second highest dot on the left axis
NBA Dunks & 3s This Season
• OG is the only player with >80 dunks and >80 threes
• Wemby is also coming for the 100-100 club
• Knueppel is the only player with >200 threes
• Amen is 3rd in dunks
Alysa Liu had 355,000 Instagram followers on the day of the opening ceremony
She now has 6 million, surpassing Eileen Gu! 🇺🇸⛸️📈
The host country almost always gets a huge bump at the Olympics
Italy was no different, increasing their haul from 17 medals in Beijing 2022 to 30 in Milan 2026
It’s been more than 20 years since the International Skating Union overhauled its judging procedures in reaction to the Salt Lake City Olympic scandal. But the current system, intended to eliminate bias, may simply do a better job of masking it
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100 different times during these Olympics, a skater or skating pair had a program scored by a judge from their country
27 times, that judge awarded them their best score of the nine judges
Only twice did that judge awarded them their worst score of the nine judges
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The French judge who lowballed Chock & Bates in the free dance got the most criticism, but nearly every judge exhibited national bias
15 dance teams had a judge from their country on the panel — 14 of them received a better than average score from that particular judge
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Olympic Figure Skating Has a Judging Bias Problem ⛸️
49 of the 59 judges who scored skaters from their own country judged them more favorably than skaters from other countries, per data from @skatingscores.com
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Italy popped off as the host of the Winter Olympics in 2026, winning a record 30 medals
18 of the past 19 Winter Olympics hosts have won more medals than they did in the previous Games 🥇📈
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Alysa Liu 🇺🇸 wins gold 🥇 to end a 20-year drought in women's figure skating for the USA
There should be! I never trust strength of schedule stats because you never know which teams are gonna shut it down early
The Detroit Pistons are leading the NBA in dunks for the second straight season
The Chicago Bulls are last in the NBA in dunks for the third straight season
