Insider Become a smarter NHL fan with one simple stat
The Blackhawks' Patrick Sharp is the best player in the NHL. Depending on your reaction to the above sentence, you're either going to love or hate to…
Insider At long last, the All-GK Team
The thing about high-risk/high-reward strategies, which as we've been telling you for two weeks are a key to Giant Killers success, is that when they …
Insider When inconsistency pays
It's that time of year again. I've spent the past couple of months obsessing over Utah State and Old Dominion stat sheets for our Giant Killers projec…
Insider Joe Mauer got the deal he deserves
So Joe Mauer and the Twins have a new eight-year, $184 million contract. Who's getting the better end of the deal? Looking at that question leads to a…
Insider David's last stand? Not yet.
There are two Giant Killers lurking in the Sweet 16, and it wouldn't shock us to see either one pull off another upset. Of course, at this point in wh…
Insider Legalizing HGH in sports isn't the answer
On Friday, Alex Rodriguez will meet in Buffalo, N.Y., with federal investigators. They'd like to know about A-Rod's involvement with Anthony Galea, th…
Insider The state of the model
It doesn't get much more heart-stopping around GK Central than it was during the final moments of Saturday's Murray State-Butler game, when the Racers…
Insider Concussion data reveal paradox for NHL
Last week, while meeting in Boca Raton, Fla., NHL general managers not only recommended a new rule to ban blindside shoulder checks to the head but sa…
Insider Projecting the NBA playoff bracket
Last week, I looked at playoff monitors for the National Hockey League. Now, it's time to do the same thing for the NBA. There are two key sites for…
Insider Wanna win your NCAA pool? Keep reading
For most of us, it's the most practical question sports analytics will ever answer: Which upsets should we pick in our NCAA tournament brackets? Ove…
