Insider The curse of an early NFL draft pick
On Thursday, current and future picks will be flying around the NFL draft. Read this story, and you'll understand how to value them -- and how to figu…
Insider Roy Halladay: Ace or ticking time bomb?
Roy Halladay will start for the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday night, and you can't ask for more than what he's done so far this season. He's give…
Insider The true cost of a K
How much does a batter hurt his team when he strikes out? For a while now, sabermetricians have been saying "Not much" or "Not at all." Putting the …
Insider NFL, NBA drafts rob players
The NFL draft is in one week, which means seven days from now, a whole new crop of young athletes is going to get ripped off. You read that right. W…
Insider What's wrong -- and right -- with NHL overtimes
It's time to celebrate the best thing about the NHL playoffs, which begin tonight: No more regular-season overtime rules. I'm not talking about shoo…
Insider The rise of golf metrics
Lurking beneath the plotlines at the Masters this weekend is a huge story about how fans experience golf. The statistical revolution, while it's late …
Insider The true price of Tiger's rep
How much is this Masters tournament worth to Tiger Woods? How about $6 billion? I know that number might sound crazy, but stay with me. Ten years a…
Insider Pity K.J. Choi and Matt Kuchar
Today, the men who run Augusta National announced that Tiger Woods will be paired with K.J. Choi and Matt Kucher for the first two rounds of the Maste…
Insider A new way to rate MLB sluggers
MLB Opening Day is just around the corner, which makes this as good a time as any to ask: Who hit the ball harder -- and farther -- than any other pla…
Insider Tiger's success no product of "clutch"
Tiger Woods: A pretty good golfer, but nothing special in the clutch. That's no April Fool's joke. It's the conclusion reached by researcher Scott Be…