Are Super Bowl Hangovers a Real Phenomenon?
Authors: Stefano Gamba (’21) and Avery Morris (McCormick ’22) En lieu of the surprising Super Bowl win by the Philadelphia Eagles, we sought to explore whether or not a team winning a Super…
Pitching in the Postseason
Authors: Jacobs Rogers (McCormick ’22) and Mark Overby (Weinberg ’22) The 2018 Postseason for Major League Baseball went pretty much as expected. The best team, with the most wins, the best offense, and the…
How Top Hitters in Baseball Continue to Improve
Author: Peter Lim (Weinberg ’21) The 2017 Houston Astros and the 2018 Boston Red Sox. These two World Series champions have an interesting resemblance. Yes, they both had Alex Cora (as bench coach for Houston,…
How the 2011 CBA Affected Parity in the NFL
Authors: Alexandra Gold (Weinberg ’22) and Samuel Mestel (Weinberg ’20) This year, NFL games are closer and more competitive than before. Two games in the first two weeks of the season ended in ties…
Expectations for Trubisky: How Good Must He Be for Bears to Truly Contend?
Author: Connor Loughlin (Medill ’20) Stats Valid As of October 5, 2018 Heading into their bye week at 3-1 and riding a convincing three-game win streak, the Chicago Bears have opened eyes around the league…
Do form and position make the EFL Championship Playoff winner?
Author: Enzo Profili (McCormick ’21) In the Champions League Final weekend, the most valuable match, surprisingly, is not Liverpool versus Real Madrid: it is the English Championship Play-off Final, to be played by Fulham and Aston…
Six Players Who Have Bounced Back So Far in 2018
Author: Connor Loughlin (Medill ’20) About a quarter of the way through the 2018 MLB Regular Season we have seen some pretty pleasant surprises from big name players who saw their share of struggles in 2017….
Shohei Ohtani Continues to Evolve into a Complete Baseball Player. Here’s how he’s doing it.
Author: Peter Lim (Weinberg ’21) Shohei Ohtani (23, Los Angeles Angels) is definitely one of the biggest stories of the MLB thus far in 2018. Every time he is on the mound, he is featured…
Spoiler Alert: Umpires Make Mistakes. But Who Do They Benefit?
Authors: Jake Atlas (McCormick ’19), Walker Reinfeld (Weinberg ’20), Joey Reinsdorf (Weinberg ’19) In the age of technology, the presence of human umpires in baseball is becoming increasingly disputed. Major League Baseball (MLB) is already using…
Stanley Cup Finals Preview
Author: Joel Kirshner (McCormick ’19) These NHL playoffs have had no shortage of story lines, the most compelling of which now persist into the Stanley Cup Finals. In the Alex Ovechkin era, the Washington Capitals…