Tag: sports
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“Why aren’t we using sports to teach science?” – Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World Sagan was apparently a huge fan of basketball as a way to teach science and mathematics. In his book, The Demon-Haunted World, Sagan’s bit about using basketball to teach probability and logic is classic for him—he’s always looking for sneaky scaffolding.…
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Long ago, I had an exhaustive list of the best baseball blogs and it was fairly popular. It’s been lost to time, of course, as blogs naturally come and go. But, recently I came across an old bookmark or two of best baseball blogs. It turns out, most of them are gone or haven’t been…
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Looking for the best Fantasy Baseball blogs and websites? I’ve compiled a list of the best I’ve found from scouring the internet. This list is completely separate from my other list of “real-life” baseball blogs. With the proliferation of sports betting and its confluence with fantasy sports, I’ve seen a huge jump in interest in…
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Thanks to the proliferation of sports betting and daily fantasy sports leagues, there’s more of a hunger for sports related content than ever. But, there’s another major related interest, and that’s sports cards! Unfortunately, because of the major trading card boom of the pandemic, many websites came and went. Therefore, many lists of the best…
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I’m still trying to wrap my head around the many implications that the June 2025 Rafael Devers trade will have on both the Boston Red Sox and San Francisco MLB franchises. So, here are the facts, various fan base, industry, and media reactions, and my own thoughts. Financial Implications The blockbuster trade sending Rafael Devers…