WSN Blog

Sports never run out of angles worth chasing, and this is where we chase them: features, original research, and the occasional question that doesn't fit anywhere else on the site. Some of it is a straightforward take on something happening in a league right now; some of it is a full data project built from scratch. All of it comes from writers who'd be reading this stuff anyway even if they weren't paid to write about it.

Data & Deep-Dive Stories

Some of our best work isn't a preview or a pick, it's original research. We mapped the oldest sports team in every state across the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and MLS, and baseball owns most of the list.

We also traced 30,000 NFL players back to the colleges that produced them, mapping which programs actually turn out the most pro talent, and looked at how much different sports actually pay their athletes, team by team and league by league.

Not everything we cover is fun and games. We've also taken a hard look at whether the NFL is doing enough about head injuries, a subject that isn't going away.

Sports & League Comparisons

Curious how different sports and leagues actually compare, by revenue, salaries, and attendance? Our sports and league comparisons hub covers that specifically, and a couple of the data stories above grew out of that same kind of research.

Elsewhere on WSN

Our sportsbook rankings cover where to actually place a bet, and our roundup of the best prediction markets looks at a newer way to bet on outcomes without a traditional sportsbook.