This is a lot of sports properties for one company
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This is a lot of sports properties for one company
27.02.2026 18:57 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Duren
27.02.2026 15:41 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The second highest dot on the left axis
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NBA Dunks & 3s This Season
• OG is the only player with >80 dunks and >80 threes
• Wemby is also coming for the 100-100 club
• Knueppel is the only player with >200 threes
• Amen is 3rd in dunks
Alysa Liu had 355,000 Instagram followers on the day of the opening ceremony
She now has 6 million, surpassing Eileen Gu! 🇺🇸⛸️📈
The host country almost always gets a huge bump at the Olympics
Italy was no different, increasing their haul from 17 medals in Beijing 2022 to 30 in Milan 2026
It’s been more than 20 years since the International Skating Union overhauled its judging procedures in reaction to the Salt Lake City Olympic scandal. But the current system, intended to eliminate bias, may simply do a better job of masking it
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100 different times during these Olympics, a skater or skating pair had a program scored by a judge from their country
27 times, that judge awarded them their best score of the nine judges
Only twice did that judge awarded them their worst score of the nine judges
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The French judge who lowballed Chock & Bates in the free dance got the most criticism, but nearly every judge exhibited national bias
15 dance teams had a judge from their country on the panel — 14 of them received a better than average score from that particular judge
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Olympic Figure Skating Has a Judging Bias Problem ⛸️
49 of the 59 judges who scored skaters from their own country judged them more favorably than skaters from other countries, per data from @skatingscores.com
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Italy popped off as the host of the Winter Olympics in 2026, winning a record 30 medals
18 of the past 19 Winter Olympics hosts have won more medals than they did in the previous Games 🥇📈
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Alysa Liu 🇺🇸 wins gold 🥇 to end a 20-year drought in women's figure skating for the USA
19.02.2026 22:11 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0There should be! I never trust strength of schedule stats because you never know which teams are gonna shut it down early
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The Detroit Pistons are leading the NBA in dunks for the second straight season
The Chicago Bulls are last in the NBA in dunks for the third straight season
Pay attention to teams' schedules for the rest of the 2025-26 NBA regular season
The Clippers will play 8 more games where they have rest but their opponents don't
The Rockets will play 0 such games
Paul Allen's estate has officially begun the process of selling the Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks
@sportico.bsky.social values the franchise at $6.59 billion
The only NBA players averaging >36 minutes per game:
Tyrese Maxey - PHI
Amen Thompson - HOU
Kevin Durant - HOU
3 such players would be the lowest in the NBA history
NBA landscape at the All-Star Break ⬇️
• OKC still has a historic +12.2 net rating
• Denver has the No. 1 offense despite Jokic missing time
• The Pistons' D is legit
• DET, SAS, HOU, MIN, BOS, NYK are all in that crowded second tier
No country dominates a Winter Olympic sport like Germany 🇩🇪 dominates luge and bobsled 🥇
What else surprises you on this chart? ⬇️
The four best offenses in the NBA since New Year's:
Minnesota Timberwolves
Charlotte Hornets
Boston Celtics
Cleveland Cavaliers
He must be far and away the leader in total involvement in assisted field goals (assists + made baskets that were assisted)
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NBA top assist combos at the All-Star Break ⬇️
Any surprises?
Western Conference teams are 145-142 against Eastern Conference teams this season at the All-Star break
A rare NBA season where the conferences are pretty much even
The 2026 NBA All-Star Game on NBC was the most-watched in 15 years
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There were 29 free throw attempts in the All Star Game this year, up from 5 last year
That increased level of intensity is something the NBA can build off... hopefully it's not a random one-year blip like 2020
The judging bias ⛸️ is even worse than I thought
France's 🇫🇷 2nd-highest score --> the French judge
USA's 🇺🇸 top score --> the USA judge
Canada's 🇨🇦 top score --> the Canadian judge
Italy's 🇮🇹 top score --> the Italian judge
Spain's 🇪🇸 top score --> the Spanish judge
I mean, what are we doing here???
The 2026 Winter Olympics figure skating ⛸️ free dance was scored by 9 judges
All the judges were relatively close in their two scores, except for one 🤔
The French judge gave Beaudry & Cizeron 🇫🇷 a 137.45 but only gave Chock & Bates 🇺🇸 a 129.74
40 of the top 100 highest-paid athletes in the world are basketball players 🏀
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The Seahawks began the season with 2% odds to win the Super Bowl on Kalshi
Five other teams had the best odds at some point during the regular season: the Ravens (before opening night), Bills, Chiefs, Eagles (briefly), and Rams