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February 2022

Groundhogs Do Not Make Good Meteorologists
The 3 Kinds Of Defensive Players Now Running The NBA
What Biden’s Appointees Can Tell Us About His Supreme Court Nominee
The 7 Most Important Senate Races, Ranked
Tom Brady Retires With All The Records
It’s Harder Than Ever To Confirm A Supreme Court Justice
The COVID-19 Metrics Policymakers Should Be Watching After Omicron
Maame Biney Rediscovered Her Olympic Dream After Leaving An Abusive Coach
The Americans Finally Won Curling Gold In 2018. Can They Do It Again?
Is Tom Brady The GOATiest Of All The GOATs?
How Quad Jumps Have Changed Women’s Figure Skating
Why Democrats Keep Losing Culture Wars
Can U.S. Speedskating Regain Its Edge?
How A Court Ruling In Alabama Could Have Wider Implications For Racial Gerrymandering
Why The GOP Has Made Gains With Latino Voters
Politics Podcast: Why The GOP Has Made Gains With Latino Voters
Latino Voters Moved To Trump Because Of COVID And ‘Socialism’
Americans Are Increasingly Meh On The Olympics
We Made Some Changes To Our Olympic Medal Tracker
A Riddle That Will Make You Scream
Chloe Kim Already Has A Legacy That Rivals Shaun White
Our Guide To The Super Bowl No One Saw Coming
Quads Are Nonnegotiable In Men’s Figure Skating. But Fans Of Jason Brown Don’t Care.
What’s It Like Being A Democrat In Trump Country?
Figure Skating Is A Lonely Sport. So Jason Brown Built A Community To Make It To Beijing.
Americans Say They're Over COVID-19. What Does That Mean?
Politics Podcast: Americans Say They’re Over COVID-19. What Does That Mean?
NFL Kickers Are On Fire This Postseason
What To Make Of Polls That Show Americans Are Trending Toward The GOP
How Americans’ Exhaustion With COVID-19 Is Shaping Politics
We Can Help With Your Bitcoin-Themed Super Bowl Prop Bet
Without NHL Players, Canada And The U.S. Went From Men’s Hockey Favorites To Also-Rans
Matthew Stafford Gave The Rams A Shot At A Title. The Rams Gave Stafford A Shot At Canton.
Why Republicans Oppose Biden’s Promise To Nominate The First Black Woman To The Supreme Court
Can The Bengals Slow Down Aaron Donald? Nothing’s Stopped Him Yet.
The U.S.-Canada Rivalry Has Pushed International Women’s Hockey Since The Beginning
There Is More Than One Big Lie
What Democrats And Republicans Get Wrong About Inflation
What COVID Positivity Rates Can (And Can’t) Tell Us
The Rams And Bengals Took Opposite Paths To The Super Bowl
Americans Aren’t As Polarized As The News Makes It Seem
Politics Podcast: Americans Aren’t As Polarized As The News Makes It Seem
Most Americans Just Aren’t That Into Politics
Figure Skating Has Always Blurred The Lines Of Gender Segregation
Most Primary Polls So Far Are Internal Polls. That’s A Problem.
Can You Prime The Cube?
Cooper Kupp And Ja’Marr Chase Put On Shows This Year. Who Has The Edge In The Super Bowl?
What Americans Think About Love
James Harden And Ben Simmons Got The Moves They Wanted. Will They Work Out For Their Teams?
What Went Down In Super Bowl LVI
The Los Angeles Rams’ Homegrown Stars Made The Difference In Super Bowl LVI
Have Latinos Really Moved Toward The Republican Party?
A Concussion Almost Ended This Hockey Player’s Career. She Retrained Her Brain To Get Back To The Olympics.
Who Improved, Who’s Rebuilding And Who’s Treading Water After The NBA Trade Deadline?
Valentine's Day, Inflation and GOP Infighting
Politics Podcast: How Jan. 6 Turned Into A Dividing Line For Republicans
What’s Actually Driving Inflation
Democrats Helped Build The Social Safety Net. Why Are Many Now Against Expanding It?
Good Luck Copying The Rams’ Championship Blueprint
What Americans Think About The Crisis In Ukraine
When Is It Safe To Lift School Mask Mandates?
Democracy Is On The Ballot In These 11 Secretary Of State And Attorney General Elections
Prisons, Water Infrastructure And Broadband: Where States Are Spending Their Pandemic Relief Funding
Giannis Antetokounmpo Is Committing Fewer Charges. But He’s Just As Aggressive.
Russian Doping Isn’t The Only Problem In Figure Skating
NFL Teams Are Making Brian Flores’s Case For Him
New York’s Gerrymander Might Change Which Party Picks Up Seats In The Midterms
Is Boris Johnson Finished?
Politics Podcast: Is Boris Johnson Finished?
The Winter Olympics Are A Wealthy Countries’ Club
Why The U.S. And U.K. Treat Political Scandals Differently
COVID-19 Isn’t Going Anywhere — And Americans Know It
Can You Find The Luckiest Coin?
U.S. Ski Jumping Is Looking For More Friends In High Places
Confidence Interval: Will Biden’s Supreme Court Pick Motivate Republican Voters More Than Democrats?
The Best NHL Teams Are Better Than Usual. So Are The Teams That Might Upset Them In The Playoffs.
Democrats Have Been Souring On Biden Since Last Summer
Who Refs The NBA’s Referees?
Two Hockey Fans Want To Change How The NHL Approaches Accessibility
What Do Pollsters Know About Happiness?
Politics Podcast: What Can A Pollster Really Tell Us About American Happiness?
How States Are Spending Their Stimulus Checks
How The NBA Uses Its Data On Referees
Why Are White Liberals So Pessimistic About Politics?
It’s Not A Great Year To Be A Freshman In Men’s College Basketball
Who Gets To Be A ‘Real American’ Has Always Been About Exclusion
The Los Angeles Sparks Went All-In This Offseason. How Will The New Pieces Fit Together?
We’ve Revamped Our Polling Tracker!
We’re Hiring A Senior Editor For Interactives
The ACC Ran Men’s Basketball. Now It’s Getting Run Out Of The Tournament.
Americans Currently Support Sanctioning Russia For Invading Ukraine But Are Reluctant To Deploy Troops
Stop Using The Midterms To Predict Presidential Elections
Which Player Does Each NBA Team Introduce First? Who Comes Last? And … Why?
Can You Visualize The Vertex?
How Ketanji Brown Jackson Could Change The Supreme Court
The GOP Is Still Largely Skeptical Of Putin — For Now
How Will Americans Grade Biden’s Handling Of The Crisis In Ukraine?
How To Watch Texas’s Primaries Like A Pro
The Free Agency Moves That Could Change The WNBA Title Race
How NBA Teams Change Their Game In Clutch Time
Texas May Have The Worst Gerrymander In The Country
Where Ohio Republicans’ Attacks On Dr. Fauci Came From
Americans Are Unified Against Russia's Invasion Of Ukraine
Politics Podcast: Americans Are Unified Against Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine