The list of three-figure bonuses for Player Z is long. Some of the incentives feel fairly standard: hitting incremental goal targets and making a certain number of appearances in a season. Others come ...

In September 2024, the FBI released data with some retroactively good news: Violent crime declined across the US in 2023. Has that trend continued this year? The FBI’s preliminary information says yes ...

This is part of a series of articles inspired by questions from our readers. So thank you to, among others, Tom F, Steve G, Kristof P, Vaageesh T and Matt X, who all asked for a piece on data ...

Big Meat has long had its way with the economy—squeezing farmers on one end and hitting families at the store on the other.

Budget constraints limit Stats SA data By Nicola Mawson, Contributing journalistJohannesburg, 28 Apr 2026A lack of funding is holding back StatsSA from providing richer datasets. (Graphic: Nicola ...

This Sunday will see the Seattle Seahawks face off against the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LX. The game will also mark the conclusion of the tenth football season featuring Next Gen Stats, the ...

Football has often been described as a game won in the trenches. For years, however, quantifying the performance of individual blockers and pass rushers remained a challenge. Traditional statistics ...

The Justice Department is seeking to shut down the operations of Agri Stats Inc., alleging it has violated antitrust law by aggregating and sharing a wide range of pricing and other information with ...

March Madness is the most thrilling time of the NCAA basketball season. Millions of fans fill out brackets every year, hoping to pick the next champion—or at least do well enough to beat their ...