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December 2020

Why Are Great Athletes More Likely To Be Younger Siblings?
The Atlanta Hawks Are Going All-In On Offense
Democrats’ 2020 House And Senate Map Could Spell Trouble In Future Elections
The NFL Is Running Out Of Wiggle Room
There Wasn’t That Much Split-Ticket Voting In 2020
Alabama Is Winning With Its Offense, Thanks To Mac Jones
Charles Johnson Was Damn Good Behind (And At) The Plate
5 Ways Biden Might Differ From — Or Agree With — Trump On Technology
Florida’s Kyle Pitts Is An NFL Tight End In A College Uniform
Carson Wentz Is In Freefall, And The Eagles Are Going Down With Him
How To Make Polls Better
Politics Podcast: How To Make Polls Better
Why Polling Has Gotten So Hard
Who’s The Most Chaotic Movie Football Coach?
Trump Was Never Very Popular, But How Will Americans View Him (And Biden) Now?
Can You Cut The Cookies?
José Mourinho Has Tottenham At The Top Of The Table. But Are Spurs For Real?
Latest Polls Of The Georgia Senate Runoff Elections
What The Polls Say About Georgia’s Senate Runoffs
Exit Polls Came Up Short This Year. Here’s Why.
How An Undrafted Rookie Stopped James Harden In The Playoffs
Are The Jets Tanking, Or Are They Just This Bad?
How The 2020 Election Changed The Electoral Map
The Mewis Sisters Are Playing Soccer Together Again. This Time, It’s At The Highest Level.
How Coastal Carolina Invaded The Top 15 (And Our Hearts)
The Jets’ No-Good, Rotten, Very Bad Play
The Electoral Challenges Facing The GOP
Politics Podcast: The Electoral Challenges Facing The Republican Party
Why The GOP Isn’t Able To Win The Popular Vote
Why So Many Men Stuck With Trump In 2020
Where Are Georgia’s Senate Candidates Getting All That Cash From?
Christian Wood Might Be The Rockets’ Silver Lining
How Black, Latino And Progressive Democrats Are Forcing Biden To Rethink His Cabinet Picks
How To Make Sure People Come Back For Their Second COVID-19 Vaccine Dose
Trump’s Pardons Have Been Sparse and Self-Serving — And That’s Without Even Pardoning His Kids
Do NFL Teams Really Get A Bounce After Firing Their Coaches?
What's The Deal With Pardons?
Politics Podcast: How Trump’s Pardons Compare With Other Presidents’
Trump Hasn’t Pardoned Many People — But So Far They Have Been Mostly His Friends
Why A Big Bloc of Americans Is Wary Of The COVID-19 Vaccine — Even As Experts Hope To See Widespread Immunization
How High Can You Count With Menorah Math?
The Thunder Have Been Busier This Offseason Than Any Team In NBA History
Why Are We Still Returning Kicks In College Football?
The Federal Government Wasn’t Tracking COVID-19 Cases In Schools, So Emily Oster Decided To Do It Herself
Warnock And Ossoff Are Testing A New Strategy For Democrats In The South
How Far Can Ja Morant Take The Resurgent Memphis Grizzlies?
The Saints And Steelers Hit A Rut At The Worst Time
Why Republicans Still Doubt The Election Results
Politics Podcast: Why Republicans Still Doubt The Election Results
What The Pandemic Revealed About American Politics
Raphael Warnock’s Dog Ads Cut Against White Voters’ Stereotypes Of Black People
Why Are Some People Hesitant To Trust A COVID-19 Vaccine?
The Secret To Iowa State’s Improbable Season? Balance.
The Secret To Winning Is Not To Play
Updated: A Record-Breaking Number Of Women Could Be In Biden’s Cabinet
Why The Suburbs Have Shifted Blue
The Oregon Ducks Lost Three Stars To The WNBA, But They Haven’t Lost A Step
Losing Money Betting On College Football This Year? You’re Not Alone.
Split-Ticket Voters Are A Small Group, But They Could Decide The Georgia Runoffs
What To Watch For In The 2020-21 NBA Season
What Do 1,200 Books About Trump Really Tell Us?
Politics Podcast: What Do 1,200 Books About Trump Really Tell Us?
The Dolphins Are Making A Name For Themselves With Their No-Name Defense
What Did All Those Books About Trump Accomplish?
Americans Overwhelmingly Want Congress To Approve Another Coronavirus Stimulus Package
Does It Matter Which COVID-19 Vaccine You Get?
Can You (Not) Flip Your Lid?
How To Build A Placekicker
College Football’s Championship Week Probably Won’t Change The Playoff Picture
Even After Getting Vaccinated, You Could Still Infect Others
The 40 Weirdest (And Best) Charts We Made In This Long, Strange Year
Do You Buy That … Trump’s Rhetoric Is Hurting GOP Senate Candidates In Georgia?
The Jets Won The Battle And Lost The War
Why Georgia Isn't Like Other Battleground States
Politics Podcast: What The Stimulus Tells Us About Compromise In D.C.
Why Georgia Isn’t Like The Other Battleground States
What Makes LeBron James The GOAT
Democrats And Republicans Should Argue More — Not Less
Dr. Fauci On When Life Will Return To ‘Normal’
California’s New Senator Will Make History. But Can He Win A Full Term In 2022?
Which NBA Teams Might Make Things Interesting This Season?
It’s Hard Not To Believe In Luka Dončić
Are Defensive Play-Callers Consistent Enough To Be Exploitable?
It’s Almost Over, But There’s Still So Much Left
Goodbye To 2020
Politics Podcast: Goodbye To 2020
Everything About Sports In 2020 Was Weird … Except Who Won
Why Many Pollsters Are Sitting Out The Georgia Runoffs
What The Early Vote In Georgia Can — And Can’t — Tell Us
The Whole Show’s A Rabbit Hole 2.0
Baseball Lost A Team Of Legends This Year
What Democrats Can Learn From Nebraska’s Shift To The Right
The Most Important NFL Games Of Week 17
Why A Split Verdict In Georgia Isn’t That Crazy
What To Watch For In The College Football Playoff Semifinals
Will The Debate Over $2,000 Stimulus Checks Help Democrats In Georgia?