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photo © 2008 Keith Allison | more info (via: Wylio) The recent retirement of Manny Ramirez was more than just a pre-emptive strike on his behalf against having to serve a 100-game sentence for testing positive for steroids a second time. The action all but eliminated him from any future consideration for the Baseball Hall of Fame. [...]  September 24, 1988: While pointing his finger to the sky and staring tauntingly at rival Carl Lewis of the United States, Ben Johnson of Canada crosses the finish line as he breaks the 100-meter world record at the Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea. Three days later, Johnson is stripped of his gold medal and [...] In the latest issue of ESPN the Magazine, Peter Keating trumpets “the next great stat” in sports. It’s called Win Probability (WP), and it can be used at any time during a contest to answer the question, “what are the odds at this very moment of a team winning this game?” WP is an intriguing concept [...] |
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