While various analytics companies produce their own xG figures, Opta (Stats Perform) is the official data provider for the Premier League. When you see xG graphics on a Premier League broadcast or th...
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World Baseball Classic quarterfinals preview: USA looking for redemption & why Venezuela could upset Japan
On this episode of Baseball Bar-B-Cast, Jake Mintz and Chelsea Janes preview all the quarterfinal games for the World Baseball Classic and make their picks for a WBC edition of The Good, The Bad & The Uggla.
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The NCAA is warning schools about travel issues ahead of March Madness. It's not the first time
Atlantic 10 commissioner Bernadette McGlade skimmed through the 12-page memo the NCAA sent out last month that highlighted potential travel issues ahead of the men's and women's basketball tournaments and couldn't help but feel a bit of deja vu. McGlade spent time on both the men's and women's selection committees earlier in her career, including a stint as the tournament director for women's March Madness. One that, through the years, has avoided any sort of real nightmare scenario.
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