Also a "backronym" for former Major Leaguer Bill Pecota, PECOTA is Baseball Prospectus' system for projecting player performance. The acronym stands for "Player Empirical Comparison and Optimization ...

If the All-Star guard misses only a week, that would mean his absence could be as little as four games. Tim Reynolds | Associated Press All-Star Norman Powell is Miami’s leading scorer this season, ...

For years, social media giants controlled what users saw in their feeds. While people could follow accounts, like posts or hide content they didn’t enjoy, recommendation algorithms controlled what was ...

After the Miami Heat acquired star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo from the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday night, many expect them to be out of the running for All-Star wing and impending free agent Norman ...

Jake Granville, a co-owner of Houston’s Eastbound Barbecue, explains the motto of his newly opened joint like this: “We want to intrigue the enthusiast without offending the purist.” Granville and the ...

Two former social studies teachers will vie to become the state’s top educator in November’s general election. Incumbent Richard Woods secured the Republican nomination but only after being forced ...