A Capital News Service analysis shows which type of mascot is the best mascot for professional teams. Teams with no mascot tend to be worth more and win more than teams with one.
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John Wall’s Misplaced MVP Season
COLLEGE PARK, Maryland — The Washington Wizards just won their division for the first time in nearly 40 years, and the biggest driver of their success has been franchise superstar John Wall. The four-time all star is putting up career…
A Breakdown of Government Shutdowns
The federal government has to decide on a budget by midnight on April 28th or the government could shut down on President Trump’s 100th day in office.
Maryland 2018 budget increases spending over last year
Maryland’s budget for Fiscal Year 2018, which included $30.6 billion in state funds compared with $30.2 billion the year prior, passed the General Assembly March 28.
North Carolina outperforms their seed more than almost all other teams
As a 1 seed, North Carolina had the weight of high expectations entering the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. In winning their sixth national title Monday, the Tar Heels did even better than 1 seeds typically do.
Do MLB pitchers suffer from World Baseball Classic participation?
Now playing in its fourth World Baseball Classic, Team USA has quickly established a tradition of bringing its B-list pitching staff to the international stage while the nation’s best arms choose to stay in Spring Training.
Remaining travel schedule could affect Wizards’ playoff seed
Both the Wizards and the Celtics are in a close race for the second seed in the NBA’s Eastern Conference and the deciding factor on who claims it could come down to the amount of miles each team has to travel for the remainder of the season
Mount St. Mary’s has a mountain to climb to beat Villanova
In a David versus Goliath type battle, one of the smallest schools in the tournament with the smallest player in college basketball is taking on last years champions in the first round of March Madness.
Perfect brackets almost never survive past day one of the NCAA tournament
ESPN had 13.3 million bracket entries in their annual Tournament Challenge as of Wednesday night. It’s unlikely any of those entries will survive the first round without at least one wrong prediction.
With academics as the only factor, March Madness brackets get busted
In this 2017 NCAA men’s basketball tournament bracket, the winners are determined by a team’s graduation rate, not its athletic chops