by Joe Webb | May 15, 2026
Eight wins. Zero losses. Two sweeps — Phoenix first, then the Lakers. A net rating of +16.6 through two rounds, which is nearly double what OKC posted during the championship run they already completed six months ago. And the take circulating in the discourse is...
by Joe Webb | May 11, 2026
Through ten playoff games, the New York Knicks have outscored their opponents by 194 points. That is the largest total point differential through ten games in NBA playoff history — surpassing the 2017 Golden State Warriors, who won the championship that year. The...
by Joe Webb | May 6, 2026
Sixteen of fifty-five pre-draft mock drafts had Caleb Downs going to the Giants. The Cowboys traded up to #11 — giving Miami picks to do it — because they refused to let New York accidentally stumble into the right pick. Dallas had conviction. They saw the board,...
by Joe Webb | May 4, 2026
The Department of Justice opened an antitrust probe into the NFL’s media rights deals in April 2026, first reported by the Wall Street Journal on April 9. The focus, per the Journal: “affordability for consumers and creating an even playing field for...
by Joe Webb | Apr 28, 2026
Only four teams in 84 years of NHL hockey have come back from a 3-0 series deficit to win. Four. The 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs did it in the Stanley Cup Finals. The 1975 New York Islanders did it against — and this is genuinely perfect — the Pittsburgh Penguins. The...
