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Which way to the NBA title? For the first time in the 2025-26 season, another team has surpassed the Thunder as the championship favorite. Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs.

The styles of play are as intriguing as the competitiveness of the NBA conference finals. Mat Issa writes about one data point to monitor for each of the last four teams standing (Spurs vs. Thunder and Cavaliers vs. Knicks). theanalyst.com/articles/nba...

Projections for the Byron Nelson Championship, where Scottie Scheffler seeks to defend last year's title. theanalyst.com/articles/fra...

The final four.

Tighten your seat belt, the NBA conference finals offer a wild ride: The Knicks vs. Cavaliers and Thunder vs. Spurs are intriguing head-to-head matchups in an already strong postseason. Mat Issa breaks it all down. theanalyst.com/articles/nba...

Opta win probabilities update throughout the Stanley Cup playoffs and can be found on our predictions page. theanalyst.com/nhl-predicti...

Aaron Rodgers and the Pittsburgh Steelers have agreed to terms on a one-year deal, Tom Pelissero of NFL Network and Adams Shefter of ESPN reported. Rodgers ranks fifth all-time in NFL passing yards. theanalyst.com/articles/nfl...

The NBA MVP award will be announced at 7:30 p.m. ET on Amazon Prime Video. We built a model using historical data to project the outcome. theanalyst.com/articles/nba...

Out-of-division teams will want to play NFC East opponents more than the NFC West. We analyzed the 2026 NFL schedule following its release. theanalyst.com/articles/nfl...

The NFL schedule release has fans ready for some football. What are the marquee matchups? Which teams are expected to endure the most difficult schedules, and who hopes to benefit from the softer schedules in the league? @alexkirshner.com has the answers. theanalyst.com/articles/nfl...

Follow the MLB season with our advanced data leaderboards. theanalyst.com/mlb-stats-le...

With the PGA Championship underway today, we look at who's enjoyed the most wins in the major's history.

The Braves lead the TRACR rankings. All of our Opta rankings, win projections and playoff probabilities. theanalyst.com/mlb-predicti...

Scottie Scheffler is seeking to repeat at the PGA Championship. Preview: theanalyst.com/articles/pga...

Opta win probabilities update throughout the NBA playoffs and can be found on our predictions page. theanalyst.com/nba-predicti...

Sure, our FRACAS projection model has favorites at the 2026 PGA Championship. But for the year’s second men’s golf major, the win probabilities are slightly more open than usual, @alexkirshner.com writes. theanalyst.com/articles/pga...

WNBA player rankings and projections. theanalyst.com/wnba-player-...

Aronimink Golf Club returns to the major championship stage this week as it hosts the 108th PGA Championship, ending a 64-year wait since the tournament was last played on the Pennsylvania course, the longest gap in the event’s history. theanalyst.com/articles/pga...

Steve Kerr has signed a two-year contract extension with the Golden State Warriors and will remain as the NBA’s highest-paid coach, ESPN’s Shams Charania reports. Kerr made $17.5 million last season.

The Carolina Hurricanes, who had a combined 24-10 goal advantage in playoff sweeps of the Senators and Flyers, will face either the Sabres or Canadiens in the Eastern Conference finals.

Only three Division I players who played at least 75% of their team’s games met all three parameters last season. Daily Swain is one of the sleepers we identify in the NBA Draft. theanalyst.com/articles/nba...

With the WNBA season tipping off this weekend, we look at Opta preseason favorites. Full TRACR rankings, win projections and playoff probabilities: theanalyst.com/wnba-predict...

Follow the MLB season with our advanced data leaderboards. theanalyst.com/mlb-stats-le...

The 2026 NBA Draft class is young, talented and deep, with potential diamonds in the rough beyond the lottery. Matt Scott writes about three sleeper prospects who project well in our draft model. theanalyst.com/articles/nba...

Earlier today, we announced our new metrics to assess performance under pressure with clutch-adjusted situational hitting and pitching stats. In 2026, the Jose Caballero story is all clutch. theanalyst.com/articles/clu...

We’ve gone a step further with our advanced baseball data to assess performance under pressure with clutch-adjusted situational hitting and pitching stats. Here's the metric explainer. theanalyst.com/articles/mlb...

Our Opta TRACR rankings, win projections and playoff probabilities. theanalyst.com/mlb-predicti...

Opta win probabilities update throughout the NBA playoffs and can be found on our predictions page. theanalyst.com/nba-predicti...

Opta win probabilities update throughout the Stanley Cup playoffs and can be found on our predictions page. theanalyst.com/nhl-predicti...

Truist Championship projections in a strong field. theanalyst.com/articles/fra...

The new ABS challenge system for balls and strikes is one of the biggest stories of the 2026 MLB season. @ryanfagan.bsky.social explains how it’s working – literally and results-wise. theanalyst.com/articles/abs...

Post NFL Draft, we look at who best fulfilled the need for pass block and run block. theanalyst.com/articles/nfl...

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Nikola Jokic and Victor Wembanyama are the three finalists for the 2025-26 NBA MVP award. As Finn Shaughnessy writes, we've built a model using historical data to project the outcome. theanalyst.com/articles/nba...

Second to square off in the NBA playoff second round, the Thunder beat the Lakers by 29, 9, 43 and 36 points in a four-game regular-season series. The Thunder's average 29.3-point margin is tied for the fourth largest ever between two teams that had a minimum of four matchups.

With the NBA playoffs off to a competitive start, Mat Issa takes a look at the path to success for the eight second-round teams to reach the conference finals. theanalyst.com/articles/sec...

A “Help Wanted” sign was up before the 2026 NFL Draft for teams that needed to quickly fill roster holes. @tylergreenawalt.bsky.social details who fulfilled that goal the most for a pass catcher, pass defense, pass rush, pass block, run block and run defense. theanalyst.com/articles/nfl...

With a 2-1 win in Game 7, the Canadiens slipped past the Lightning to advance to face the Sabres in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

We took at a look at the risks and rewards of the early contract extensions in MLB. Story: theanalyst.com/articles/con...

With QB Justin Sayin back behind center, Ohio State seeks to catch defending national champion Indiana. We look into key questions surrounding the 2026 CFP race. theanalyst.com/articles/fbs...

Opta win probabilities update throughout the NBA playoffs and can be found on our predictions page. theanalyst.com/nba-predicti...

Follow the MLB season with our advanced data leaderboards. theanalyst.com/mlb-stats-le...

There’s been an investment into the future – if not the present – as MLB franchises continue to sign younger players to long-term contract extensions. The deals don’t always work out, but John Denton explains how the financials and interest from both sides are rising. theanalyst.com/articles/con...

Cadillac Championship projections. theanalyst.com/articles/fra...

Our Opta TRACR rankings, win projections and playoff probabilities. theanalyst.com/mlb-predicti...

Wonderful news for Opta Analyst coverage. theanalyst.com/articles/opt...

Nikola Jokic totaled 27 points, 16 assists and 12 rebounds as the Denver Nuggets pulled within 3-2 of Minnesota in their first-round playoff series. The Nuggets are 16-7 in Jokic’s career playoff triple-doubles.

A lot of questions were answered in the NFL Draft. Let's check in with @alexkirshner.com and some of the big questions heading toward the CFP race. theanalyst.com/articles/fbs...

Opta win probabilities update throughout the NBA playoffs and can be found on our predictions page. theanalyst.com/nba-predicti...

There's another huge crowd in Pittsburgh for the second of the three-day NFL Draft begins. The San Francisco select Ole Miss WR De'Zhaun Stribling with the first pick of the second round (No. 33 overall).