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September 2015

2015 NFL Preview: What To Expect If You’re A Packers, Lions, Vikings Or Bears Fan
Significant Digits For Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015
When Will Everyone I Know Be Married?
Podcast: An Un-American U.S. Open; Serena’s Endorsements; An Analytics Approach To Fantasy Football
2015 NFL Preview: How The Salary Cap Is Shaping The Falcons, Saints, Panthers and Buccaneers
Significant Digits For Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015
Keep Calm And Ignore The 2016 ‘Game Changers’
We’re Looking For An Experienced Political Reporter
American Chess May Finally Emerge From The Shadow Of Bobby Fischer
2015 NFL Preview: Everything You Need To Know About The Seahawks, Cardinals, Rams And 49ers
Significant Digits For Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015
The Republican Establishment Is Waiting On The Sidelines
How The FDA Could Change The Way It Approves Drugs
The Tom Brady Ruling Means Nearly Half An Extra Win For The Patriots
Podcast: How BuzzFeed Made #TheDress Go Viral
$14 Million In Campaign Spending Down, $4.4 Billion Still To Go
2015 NFL Preview: The Eagles, Cowboys And Giants Look Good Compared To The Disaster In D.C.
Significant Digits For Friday, Sept. 4, 2015
About That ‘Game-Changing’ Jobs Report
Catholics Who Disagree With The Vatican Think The Church Will Change
The Best And Worst Airlines, Labor Day Update: Spirit Is A Mess
The Week In Data: Expletives, Book Covers, And High School Boyfriends
Fifteen Minutes In Flushing: A Special U.S. Open Podcast
Serena Williams Is Getting A Raw Deal By Only Playing Best Of Three Sets
2015 NFL Preview: The Texans, Jaguars And Titans Will Try To Rein In The Colts
Significant Digits For Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015
Everyone’s Just Guessing About Matt Harvey’s Innings Limit
FiveThirtyEight Has A Fall Internship Position To Fill
Madden Challenge: Can You Win The Super Bowl With This Dude At QB?
If Donald Trump Can Win The Nomination, Ben Carson Could Too
Podcast: NFL Preview; Walt Hickey, Quarterback; U.S. Open Week Two
2015 NFL Preview: The Ravens, Bengals, Steelers And, Yes, Even The Browns Will Fight For The AFC North
Significant Digits For Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015
Stop Comparing Donald Trump And Bernie Sanders
Jeb Bush’s Tax Plan Is Pretty Weird
Germany’s Plan For Migrants Will Reshape Its Future
2015 NFL Preview: Tom Brady, Tom Brady, Tom Brady (And The Rest Of The AFC East)
Significant Digits For Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015
Podcast: When Your Boss Is Big Brother
NFL Elo Ratings Are Back!
Why Aren’t The Best Teams In The NFL Expected To Win A Ton Of Games?
2015 NFL Preview: Peyton’s Broncos Headline The AFC West For At Least One More Season
Significant Digits For Friday, Sept. 11, 2015
Ignore The Headlines: We Don’t Know If E-Cigs Lead Kids To Real Cigs
Scare Headlines Exaggerated The U.S. Crime Wave
The Death Spiral Of M. Night Shyamalan’s Career
Ratings Nerd Fight: Seattle is #1 in Elo, Green Bay Is #1 in FPI
Rick Perry’s Failed Presidential Aspirations, In One Chart
Roberta Vinci’s Upset Of Serena Williams Is The Biggest In Modern Women’s Tennis History
The Week In Data: Immigrants, Executions, And Apple-Induced Heartbeats
Djokovic And Federer Are Vying To Be The Greatest Of All Time
How To Evaluate The Economic Records Of Governors Who Want To Be President
Significant Digits For Monday, Sept. 14, 2015
NFL Gunslinger Of The Week: Romo, Rivers Or Roethlisberger?
Jake Arrieta Is Not Your Normal Ace
Five Things You Need To Know Before Predicting The 2016 Election
Significant Digits For Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015
Don’t Worry Too Much About A Fed Interest Rate Hike
Some Context For America’s Pledge To Take In 10,000 Syrian Refugees
Podcast: The Pats’ Home-Field Advantage; Djokovic The GoAT; Cespedes For The Rest Of Us
The Complete History Of The NFL
Significant Digits For Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015
Hillary Clinton Is Stuck In A Poll-Deflating Feedback Loop
More Jobs Haven’t Meant Less Poverty
What Went Down In The Second GOP Debate
Significant Digits For Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015
Has One Win Turned The Titans Into … Titans?
We’re Bullish On Fiorina And (Still) Bearish On Trump After The Debate
Podcast: The Guy Who Predicts Whether A Movie Will Bomb, Months Before It’s Made
If The Patriots Are Cheating At Home, The Stats Don’t Show It
What To Expect When Both Of You Are Expecting
Significant Digits For Friday, Sept. 18, 2015
A Million People Were In Prison Before We Called It Mass Incarceration
The Best NFL Teams Of All Time, According To Elo
The Subtext Buried In Seven Great Movie Chess Scenes
The Week In Data: Miss America, Gmail, And Donald Trump
There’s Hope For Bernie Sanders In Joe Biden’s Polling
Significant Digits For Monday, Sept. 21, 2015
NFL Gunslinger Of The Week: Tony Romo Will Be Missed
Stats Can’t Tell Us Whether Mike Trout Or Josh Donaldson Should Be MVP
Scott Walker May Have Been A Terrible Candidate — Or An Unlucky One
Scott Walker Blew His Last Chance: The Debate
Significant Digits For Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015
Transgender Students Are Particularly Vulnerable To Campus Sexual Assault
New York’s Green Cabs Stay Close To The City Center
The Two Best Teams In The WNBA Don’t Need Threes
Movies Are About To Get Good Again
Podcast: Nate Silver On The Power Of Elo
Like Houseguests, The Worst Candidates Sometimes Stay The Longest
What Does Success Look Like For Pope Francis?
Significant Digits For Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015
How Many People Can You Remember?
Yogi Berra Was One Of A Kind
The Eagles And Ravens Are Screwed
Tons Of People Are Moving To The Coast Amid A Lull In Hurricanes
Who Does Scott Walker’s Exit Help?
Significant Digits For Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015
It’s Time For Drew Brees And The Saints To Break Up
Pope Francis Called For More Work From Priests, But 20 Percent Of Parishes Don’t Even Have One
Podcast: Everyone Is Your Cousin
Was The Second Debate The Beginning Of The End For Donald Trump?
Bobby Jindal Could Still Win Iowa
Significant Digits For Friday, Sept. 25, 2015
There Are 1,584 People In America Named ‘Seven’
John Boehner Had A Good Run
Skeptical Football: Should Marcus Mariota Book His Flight To Canton?
The Hard-Line Republicans Who Pushed John Boehner Out
The Three Types Of Anne Hathaway Movies
The Week In Data: Pizza, Priests And Cities
34 Lawsuits Have Been Filed Against Volkswagen
33 Million Americans Still Don’t Have Health Insurance
Significant Digits For Monday, Sept. 28, 2015
Republicans Were More United Than Ever Under John Boehner
Donald Trump Wants To Eliminate Income Taxes For 31 Million Americans
The Falcons Might Be For Real
No One Knows Whether Hillary Clinton Is Authentic
Significant Digits For Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015
Who’s To Blame For The Nationals’ Implosion?
Jeb Bush Has Endorsements — Just Not All The Right Ones
A Lazy, Out-Of-Shape Amateur Won Two More Super Bowls Than Tony Romo
Podcast: Injured QBs; The Nationals Implode; A NWSL Finals Preview
Chat: How Much Damage Has The Email Scandal Done To Hillary Clinton?
Significant Digits For Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015
The Patriots Are Almost Certainly Not Going 16-0
Half Of U.S. Catholics Disagree With Pope Francis On The Death Penalty
Why Hurricane Joaquin Is So Hard To Forecast