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[First and Fan @FirstandFan1]

The BBWA will announce the results of the 2022 @MLB Hall of Fame voting on January 26th. The biggest question this year - will steroids once again be the deciding factor for a number of eligible players on the ballot

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[First and Fan @FirstandFan1]

As the MLB free agency hot stove heats up this week, check out this article we wrote about an applicable network theory

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[First and Fan @FirstandFan1]

.@Athletics up 4-2 in the bottom of the 7th against the @yankees. Great game so far

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Make that 8 Ks through 4

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deGrom with 5 Ks through 3 innings. 0-0 game between the @Mets and @Padres

[Matt Brown @bracketbluster]

Opening tip of Championship Week is hours away!

[First and Fan @FirstandFan1]

We applied some economic and game theory about uncertain markets to the MLB free agency market, and it actually explains a lot:
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[First and Fan @FirstandFan1]

Ever curious how the used car market might apply to MLB's free agency? Or why haven't many stars found landing spots yet? Check it out:
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[First and Fan @FirstandFan1]

This picture of Marques Green went viral earlier today, and no it's not photoshopped. The St. Bonaventure legend really did wear massive, baggy shorts his entire college and pro career. He posted the best stat line of any @BonniesMBB player in 2002-03 averaging 21.3/3.7/8.0

[First and Fan @FirstandFan1]

We'll be publishing the full results of the multi-sport fantasy league plus analysis soon!

[First and Fan @FirstandFan1]

With @TheMasters finishing up the golf season earlier this month, we also concluded our multi-sport fantasy league. It lasted from Aug'19 to Nov'20 and covered 6 sports. Here's how golf finished:

Big thanks to @Louis57TM and @bertu_nel for helping us on a scoring dispute too!

[First and Fan @FirstandFan1]

We took a short break from sports analysis to examine the numbers behind another big topic right now - the coronavirus pandemic, specifically analyzing and comparing the testing data from Cornell University

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[Matt Brown @bracketbluster]

I had the opportunity to interview Coach Stewart during the OVC conference tournament a few years ago. Shocking news. My heart goes out to his family and the UTM family.
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"Battle in the Bubble" is now a registered trademark owned by the @NCAA. Mark Emmert already suggested using a bubble for the 2021 March Madness tournament...

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Our #DFS play for today

[First and Fan @FirstandFan1]

In case people wanted evidence that the Bobby Bonilla deal we wrote about recently isn’t that unprecedented: Mookies deal has deferred payments. Other deferred contract examples: Manny Ramirez, Chris Sale, Ichiro, Chris Davis, Todd Helton, Matt Holiday...

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[Ken Rosenthal @Ken_Rosenthal]

Deal includes $65M signing bonus, salaries of $17.5M, $17.5M, $20M, $25M, $25M, $25M, $25M, $30M, $30M, $30M, $27.5M, $27.5M. Total of $115M deferred. By contrast, PA values Gerrit Cole’s deal at straight $324M (9 x $36M) because contract does not include deferrals.

[First and Fan @FirstandFan1]

Baseball is officially back today! Here’s our first #DFS lineup of the year for the Friday games slate

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Our reaction to SportsCenter's Top 10 Collapses in Sports History from this morning. Let us know what's missing from the list
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[First and Fan @FirstandFan1]

Some of the allegations in the WaPo article, confirming the Washington Redskins organization had a rampant culture issue, plus more allegations regarding Jay Gruden (and a personally-motivated benching that may have caused Alex Smith his life-threatening injury)

[First and Fan @FirstandFan1]

And the story has officially dropped:
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[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Exclusive: Fifteen women who worked for Redskins allege sexual harassment by former scouts and members of owner Daniel Snyder’s inner circle https://t.co/MwMTOFupF9