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Lev Akabas @levakabas.bsky.social · 7h

Who owns the WNBA?

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Lev Akabas @levakabas.bsky.social · 9h

The NFL continues to expand its international footprint 🏈🌎

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Lev Akabas @levakabas.bsky.social · 9h

It's an insane fact

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Lev Akabas @levakabas.bsky.social · 10h

A look at how the major U.S. sports leagues' salary caps have grown recently

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Lev Akabas @levakabas.bsky.social · 1d

This whole thing was incredible, except Stromile Swift not being No. 1

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Tyler Parker @tylerparker.bsky.social · 2d

NAME RANK

Ranking the 117 Best NBA Names of the Quarter Century

What’s in a name? Everything. Featuring Dwayne Bacon, Stromile Swift, and so many more, these are the NBA player handles that stand the test of time.

www.theringer.com

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Lev Akabas @levakabas.bsky.social · 1d

No NBA team has more consistently exceeded preseason expectations than the OKC Thunder

The Pelicans and Lakers have been, on average, the most disappointing

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Lev Akabas @levakabas.bsky.social · 2d

Kalshi trading volume has been ~90% sports during NFL and college football season 🏈💵

Here's what people have been betting on 👇

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Lev Akabas @levakabas.bsky.social · 2d

Bluesky's user growth has been much slower in the past 6 months

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Lev Akabas @levakabas.bsky.social · 2d

NFL quarterbacks are throwing interceptions on just 2% of their passes this season

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Lev Akabas @levakabas.bsky.social · 5d

This is a ridiculous chart

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Lev Akabas @levakabas.bsky.social · 5d

Only two players have hit for 60 home runs in a season since the Steroid Era... Aaron Judge in 2022 and Cal Raleigh in 2025

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Joel Wertheimer @wertwhile.bsky.social · 8d

Great poll result from a very good @lakshya.splitticket.org piece today in The Argument. A lot of people think AI has been good for them but bad for others. www.theargumentmag.com/p/chatgpt-an...

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Lev Akabas @levakabas.bsky.social · 8d

Average MLB attendance was 29,387 this season... still up from pre-COVID but down from a full decade ago

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Lev Akabas @levakabas.bsky.social · 8d

The entire history of WNBA MVP voting in one chart 👇

A'ja Wilson is the first ever 4x MVP

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Lev Akabas @levakabas.bsky.social · 9d

Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge have been in a class of their own among MLB players over the past five years

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Lev Akabas @levakabas.bsky.social · 9d

Five MLB teams had payrolls over $250 million this season ⚾️💵

Four of them—the Dodgers, Yankees, Phillies, and Blue Jays—had top five records in baseball

The Mets, with a whopping $340 million payroll, missed the playoffs

The Brewers, with a meager $122 million payroll, had the best record in MLB

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Lev Akabas @levakabas.bsky.social · 13d

🚨 BREAKING 🚨

The New England Patriots have reached an agreement to sell an 8% stake in the franchise, including 3% to PE firm Sixth Street, at a valuation exceeding $9 billion

It is the fourth NFL private equity deal

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Lev Akabas @levakabas.bsky.social · 13d

Andy Reid is the highest-paid NFL coach, making $20 million per year

Four other coaches make at least $16 million per year

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Lev Akabas @levakabas.bsky.social · 19d

43 of the 50 richest NFL contracts right now belong to three positions:

• Quarterback
• Wide Receiver
• Edge Rusher

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Lev Akabas @levakabas.bsky.social · 20d

The richest NFL players earn the vast majority of their money on the field

The exception: Travis Kelce, who made $32 million from endorsements this year

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Lev Akabas @levakabas.bsky.social · 21d

Happy 30th Birthday Patrick Mahomes! 🎂

He's the highest-paid player in the NFL this season, including salary and endorsement earnings 🏈💰

Lev Akabas @levakabas.bsky.social · 21d

What a difference 5 yards makes...

Read more: wp.me/pc2RuA-1lzonN

Lev Akabas @levakabas.bsky.social · 22d

Donald Trump called the NFL's dynamic kickoff "sissy football," but so far this season 77% of kickoffs have been returned, up from 22% two years ago

Read more: www.sportico.com/leagues/foot...

Trump Calls NFL Kickoff Rules ‘Sissy Football,’ but They’re Working

Donald Trump took to Truth Social to criticize the NFL kickoff rules, but the modifications have led to a huge increase in the number of returns.

www.sportico.com

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Lev Akabas @levakabas.bsky.social · 22d

Carlos Alcaraz is only 22 years old and is already 7th all-time in tennis prize money

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