Newmark's Door

TL;DR: The Super Bowl "predictor" was yet another meaningless ex post correlation.

A lengthy examination--21 minutes--of the play of Stephen Gilmore and the Patriots defense this season. Not schooled in the intricacies of modern NFL defenses, I found it quite interesting.

"If you plan to vote for Donald Trump in November, do me a favor, and think of Binyamin Appelbaum and the LSU Tigers when you do."

Doesn't really give an answer, but the author deserves credit for raising an interesting question.

My vote for best would be Wazza's bicycle kick against Man City. Son's recent spectacular run would be a close second.

"What transformed the star's time on top was, in large measure, television and, later, advances in science."

This I did not know:

These schools attract astonishing crowds for a “minor” sport. Six of the top 10 national draws hail from the Big Ten, with Wisconsin bringing in nearly 7,000 per match and Minnesota 5,300. For the last six years, however, the national attendance leader has been a school most known for football — Nebraska. The Cornhuskers draw over 8,200 fans per match and have sold out their arena for 268 consecutive regular-season contests. The sport is “revenue-generating” for the school’s athletic department — a designation that is unheard of for women’s sports and applicable most places only to football and men’s basketball.

Jürgen seems like a nice man, and based on what I've seen so far this season, Liverpool looks virtually unstoppable.

For greatest in a team sport, there really isn't much of an argument. Bill Russell's teams played for a championship 16 times. Russell's team won 14. (One of the other two times he was injured. The remaining time he lost to Wilt, Hal Greer, and Billy C.) And by the testimony of his teammates, above anyone else, he was the most valuable player on nearly all  of those championship teams.

1.82 seconds. I kinda think you have to see it to believe it.