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Sure, our FRACAS projection model has favorites at the 2026 PGA Championship. But for the year’s second men’s golf major, the win probabilities are slightly more open than usual, @alex_kirshner writes. theanalyst.com/articles/pga-c…

WNBA player rankings and projections. theanalyst.com/wnba-player-ra…

The @okcthunder in the playoffs so far: 8-0 record +16.6 scoring margin 50.9 FG% No other team in NBA history has done all of that through their first 8 games of a playoff run.

Donovan Mitchell had 4 points at halftime today. He finished with 43 points. In the last 20 years, only one other NBA player has scored fewer than 5 points in the 1st half and 38+ points in the 2nd half (regular season or playoffs): Jimmy Butler on January 3, 2016 (2 -> 40).

Aronimink Golf Club returns to the major championship stage this week as it hosts the 108th PGA Championship, ending a 64-year wait since the tournament was last played on the Pennsylvania course, the longest gap in the event’s history. theanalyst.com/articles/pga-c…

Opta win probabilities update throughout the Stanley Cup playoffs and can be found on our predictions page. theanalyst.com/nhl-predictions

Steve Kerr has signed a two-year contract extension with the Golden State Warriors and will remain as the NBA’s highest-paid coach, ESPN’s @ShamsCharania reports. Kerr made $17.5 million last season.

The Carolina Hurricanes, who had a combined 24-10 goal advantage in playoff sweeps of the Senators and Flyers, will face either the Sabres or Canadiens in the Eastern Conference finals.

Only three Division I players who played at least 75% of their team’s games met all three parameters last season. Daily Swain is one of the sleepers we identify in the NBA Draft. theanalyst.com/articles/nba-d…

With the 30th WNBA season tipping off this weekend, we look at Opta preseason favorites. Full TRACR rankings, win projections and playoff probabilities: theanalyst.com/wnba-predictio…

Follow the MLB season with our advanced data leaderboards. theanalyst.com/mlb-stats-lead…

The 2026 NBA Draft class is young, talented and deep, with potential diamonds in the rough beyond the lottery. Matt Scott writes about three sleeper prospects who project well in our draft model. theanalyst.com/articles/nba-d…

Earlier today, we announced our new metrics to assess performance under pressure with clutch-adjusted situational hitting and pitching stats. In 2026, the Jose Caballero story is all clutch. theanalyst.com/articles/clutc…

We’ve gone a step further with our advanced baseball data to assess performance under pressure with clutch-adjusted situational hitting and pitching stats. Here's the metric explainer. theanalyst.com/articles/mlb-l…

Our Opta TRACR rankings, win projections and playoff probabilities. theanalyst.com/mlb-predictions

Opta win probabilities update throughout the NBA playoffs and can be found on our predictions page. theanalyst.com/nba-predictions

Victor Wembanyama has 30 blocks in 6 career playoff games. The only NBA player to reach 30 blocked shots in fewer postseason games since blocks were officially tracked in 1973-74 is Dikembe Mutombo (5 games).

Opta win probabilities update throughout the Stanley Cup playoffs and can be found on our predictions page. theanalyst.com/nhl-predictions