How unlikely are those Celtics comebacks? How often does the improbable happen in the NBA?

How unlikely are those Celtics comebacks? How often does the improbable happen in the NBA?

ByJosh Bernoff

The ESPN app and ESPN.com include a feature that allows you to see the probability, at any point in a basketball game, that a team will win. Based on these stats, the Boston Celtics appear to be defying the odds on a regular basis. Are they really this great, or is it just a statistical…

A play-by-play analysis of what ESPN said about firing 100 on-air personalities
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A play-by-play analysis of what ESPN said about firing 100 on-air personalities

ByJosh Bernoff

Sports network ESPN dumped 100 of its 1,000 on-air staff yesterday. Why? Based on the company’s statement it has something to do with strategy, but if you can figure out what that strategy is, you’re smarter than me. The statement seems like something from the Russian government published in Pravda — you need to be a Kremlinologist…