Lev Akabas
Data Reporter at Sportico
#SportsBiz and NBA 🏀 data viz 📊. Data Reporter at @Sportico, previously @nytimes and @SLAMonline, all opinions are my own
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5 days ago |
sportico.com | Daniel Libit |Lev Akabas
Herschel Walker—former football star, failed Senate candidate and presumptive nominee as U.S. Ambassador to the Bahamas—has net assets between between $32.1 million and $80.5 million, according to his latest financial disclosure filed with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE). Including Walker’s wife, the couple together claim a net worth of between $36.4 million and $93.2 million.
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1 week ago |
sportico.com | Lev Akabas
Of the 10 most improbable NBA Playoff comeback victories this century, the 2025 Indiana Pacers have three of them. But Indy, which faces the Oklahoma City Thunder Monday night in Game 5 of the deadlocked NBA Finals, has been defying the odds since before the season started. They are now only two wins from hoisting the Larry O’Brien trophy, but BetMGM gave the Pacers 66-to-1 (+6600) odds to win the championship during the preseason, suggesting that their chances were just north of 1%.
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1 week ago |
sportico.com | Lev Akabas
The Murray State Racers upset the Duke Blue Devils on Monday in the NCAA Division I baseball tournament to advance to the Men’s College World Series for the first time in school history. It is only the fourth time that a regional No. 4 seed has been one of the final eight teams remaining. The Racers’ achievement is even more improbable when viewed through a financial lens.
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2 weeks ago |
sportico.com | Lev Akabas
Basketball is a sport dominated by tall people. Less than 1% of all men in the United States are 6-foot-9 or taller, but more than half of the MVP awards in NBA history have been won by players at least that height. And yet, throughout the league’s history, there’s always been a role for the little guy—the ball handler, the table setter, whatever you want to call them.
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2 weeks ago |
sportico.com | Lev Akabas
French Open wild-card entry Loïs Boisson upset Mirra Andreeva in the quarterfinals at Roland Garros on Wednesday to reach the semifinals of the 2025 French Open—her first-ever Grand Slam. In doing so, she increased her earnings haul for the tournament to more than $780,000. Before this event, Boisson had won just $148,009 in prize money throughout her pro tennis career; that means the 22-year-old has increased her lifetime winnings by more than 5x in just the past week.
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