The study reviewed the past 5
years of regular season games in the NBA, NFL and NHL and noted the winning percentage of the visiting team depending on the direction of travel (east vs same time zone vs west), and the number of time zones crossed for every game.
Not exact matches
In the intervening
years, I watched in disbelief as the Timberwolves struggled to win more than half
of their
regular season games.
A change at the center
of a team's offense will always come with a few hiccups, and pulling it off mid-
season is no easy task, especially with a quarterback who has played a
regular -
season game in nearly two
years.
According to TiqIQ, the average ticket price for Jeter's last
regular -
season home
game has already reached more than 2 1/2 times the peak average price for the final home
game of all - star pitcher Mariano Rivera, who debuted with the Yankees in 1995, the same
year as Jeter, and retired last
year after 19
seasons with the team.
Last
year, Dulan made her popular protein balls for the Royals towards the end
of the
regular season and two
games later they clinched the division for the first time in 30
years.
He had four fumbles in 2016, one
of which he lost; three fumbles in the
regular season this
year,
of which two were lost; oh, and another fumble in the Divisional round
of the playoffs on the first drive
of the
game against the Falcons.
It's an impressive run that has the 26 -
year - old scoring at a clip significantly higher than his
regular season rate, even though it's nearly a half -
season worth
of games.
Jones was signed by the Cavs for the final
game of the
regular season last
year, and is only really seen during garbage time.
Middle Tennessee has won an NCAA tournament
game each
of the last two
seasons and might have had its best overall team this
year, winning Conference - USA in the
regular season by finishing 24 - 7.
While the percentage
of regular season games that went Under this
year (51 %) is a bit higher than the average since 2005 (49.8 %), betting every Under still would have lost just over 6 units.
This will be Houston's first
game as a home dog this
season and first time in the
regular season since January 20th
of last
year, which was also against the Warriors.
Harry Neale, who coached Vancouver until the final five
games of the
regular season and is slated to be general manager next
year, called the current New York club «an almost perfect team,» which is about as neatly as one can put it.
In a moral victory for the otherwise moribund Sonics, they finished 4 - 0 against the Lakers to become the first team in seven
years to sweep L.A. in a
regular -
season series
of at least four
games...
Hernandez has been plagued by injuries throughout the first three
years of his career, and has missed 10
of New England's 48
regular season games since he was drafted in 2010.
Miami's win streak is reminiscent
of the preseason achievement
of Tom Fears with the New Orleans Saints in their first
year — they won five in a row after dropping the first, then lost 11
of 14
regular -
season games.
The Jayhawks won the Big 12 conference tournament for the third time in six
seasons, earned a share
of the Big 12
regular season title for the 14th straight
year, and are now in the Final Four with the hope
of reaching their second national championship
game since 2012.
With one
game left for an undefeated
regular -
season, who would be your vote for MVP
of the Kentucky team this
year?
After a stellar
regular season — he finished a close second to the Dodgers» Hideo Nomo for NL Rookie
of the
Year — Jones played even better in the playoffs, hitting.364 with three home runs and eight RBIs in 14
games.
Of course we want to see changes throughout the club, win major trophies, buy world class players and see entertaining football, but boycotting the games isn't going to achieve this, it may do in the long run, and I'm talking years and not a 2 or 3 seasons, but by that time we could be regulars in the bottom half of the league on a regular basi
Of course we want to see changes throughout the club, win major trophies, buy world class players and see entertaining football, but boycotting the
games isn't going to achieve this, it may do in the long run, and I'm talking
years and not a 2 or 3
seasons, but by that time we could be
regulars in the bottom half
of the league on a regular basi
of the league on a
regular basis.
It's been a few
years (the TBS days) since every single
regular season game wasn't, on one
of the Fox networks or ESPN.
Smith was the NBA's Sixth Man
of the
Year in 2012 - 13 when New York won 54
regular season games, but as the Knicks have struggled the last two
seasons, so has Smith.
Over the past five
seasons, the 34 -
year old Wade has played in just 305
of 394
regular season games (77.4 %).
In the five
years since scoring 54 points in The Garden, Stephen Curry has won two championships, two MVPs, shattered three - point records, led the Warriors to the greatest
regular season of all time, and has generally asserted himself as the most genre - defining,
game - shifting player that we've seen in, well, decades.
The Denver Broncos were one
of only two teams in the NFL to allow under 300 yards per
game during the
regular season this
year, leading the league with only 283.1 total yards surrendered per
game.
If the Colts are in competitive
games «'' as opposed to some
of the blowouts they put on teams during last
year's 10 - 0
regular season romp «'' he's going to get a lot
of touches.
He was waiting with a crowd
of people, some
of them military, before a Broncos
game during the
regular season of their title
year.
With five more
regular season games and one to two playoff
games, he could threaten the state record
of 34 TD catches in a
season set by Folsom's Cole Thompson last
year.
It's been nearly two
years since Dabo Swinney's Tigers lost a
regular season game, but they have played with fire in 2016, and trips to Doak Campbell Stadium have disrupted the plans
of plenty
of great teams.
Since tearing his ACL nearly five
years ago, Rose has played in just 166
of a possible 410
regular season games while his per -
game averages have dipped significantly.
It is not as if he is not a
regular or even key part
of the Monaco team, because the 28 =
year old has missed just one
game for them so far this
season and is their top scorer with three goals, including a late equaliser that salvaged a point for Monaco at the weekend.
The rules
of engagement have changed so much that last
year there were more runs on a per -
game basis in the postseason than in the
regular season.
Revis, 32, played just five
regular season games with the Chiefs after signing a two -
year contract in November, but it's unsurprising that he won't see
year two
of that deal.
After two injury plagued
seasons to start his career, Clowney bounced back in a major way last
year, starting 14
games in the
regular season, the most in his career, and collecting six sacks on the way to what was his first
of what will probably be many Pro Bowl nods.
The 25 -
year - old from Eastern Illinois started the first two
games of the
regular season, which coincidentally were the first two starts
of his career.
Pittsburgh is 1 - 6 against Brady since 2010, including a loss in the 2017 AFC Championship and the Jesse James catch / non-catch last
year at Heinz Field in the most exciting
game of the NFL
regular season.
He's missed 14
regular season games over the past two
years due to a combination
of injuries and suspensions.
Last
year a record 421 field goals - were kicked and nearlya fourth
of the
regular -
season games - were won on kicks — and the Super Bowl.
It's 10
games (
regular + playoffs) to burn off the
year of the ELC and 25
games (
regular + playoffs) to not be considered a rookie (or six or more NHL
games in each
of any two preceding
seasons.)
What has this team done the past two
years outside
of winning 13
regular season games in 2016, plus your basically saying that
regular season success doesn't matter so please explain what this current roster has done to turn the page?
Over the past few weeks, sportsbooks have began to post win totals, spreads for every
regular season game and Rookie
of the
Year odds along with the preexisting NFL futures.
He's mediocre at this point regardless
of context, as he'll hadn't played in almost a
year by the time this team sees the field for
regular season games again.
He will likely end the
year playing in only 50
of Golden State's 82
regular -
season games.
For example, the NFL is super-popular, but the
regular season and playoffs generate a total
of about 240
games a
year.
Of the five key criteria analysed, the 25 -
year - old comfortably outperformed Manchester City
regular, Fernandinho, despite playing fewer Premier League
games than the Brazilian last
season.
During the stretch run last
year, Jimenez started the final seven
games of the
regular season and the first three
of the playoffs at left back over other, more natural players at the position and performed well.
nice tribute andy and no doubts he has been the player
of the
year, although i cant understand him being criticised early on because hes been an international from an early age and a
regular with cameroon and i distinctly remember him putting in strong performances when on loan at a struggling charlton a few
seasons ago... i guess he has become the example
of why we shud be patient with the younger players and give them the time that has no doubt benfited him i remember reading an article from him after the city
game when adebayour had his little outburst and i cudnt believe how dedicated to the club and fans he was when questioned bout his «friend» adebayour saying arsenal and the fans are his priority and dat is all i cant understand people wanting cameroon to fail just so we can get him back early after the commitment he has shown to us but if he maintains his form we wont see anytime soon!goodluck song and cameroon
Although Perez has impressed whenever he has played, the 28 -
year - old has not been handed a consistent run
of games by manager Arsene Wenger and now the player's agent Rodrigo Fernandez Lovelle has made an admission that the striker wants to leave the Emirates Stadium in search
of regular first team football next
season.
Bad Weather With only 3 weeks left in the
regular season, there are new factors to consider when handicapping your
games at this time
of the
year.
Malcolm Smith wasn't even invited to the NFL scouting combine out
of college three
years ago and only started half the Seahawks»
games in the
regular season.
Over the
years, I've grown to root for this type
of young prospect, holding out hope that one day I'll see one
of them wearing a single - digit number in a
regular -
season game and I'll know they've made it.