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A data analyst crunched the numbers for games dating back to 2000.
He analyzed each team in the league, then plotted them in a chart.
The results are, to say the least, interesting:
The orange line shows the average number of plays teams run between fumbles: The Eagles anchor the league with one fumble every 76 plays, the Patriots lead with one fumble every 187 plays. Their nearest competitor, the Houston Texans, fumble once every 140 plays.
The blue plots show the total number of fumbles made by each team since 2010. The Broncos have fumbled the most, with 73 offensive fumbles, and the Eagles trail behind with 72. The Patriots again anchor the other end of the spectrum, with a total of 33 offensive fumbles since 2010. The Texans are once again just behind the Patriots, with 40 total offensive fumbles in that time.
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Warren cross-referenced these numbers with data he culled yesterday about how the Patriots perform in inclement weather:
"The Patriots went 14-1 (93%) in Tom Brady’s home games played in wet weather since 2007."
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He’s a four-time champion on the track, but over 23 years he’s made plenty of news off the track, too.
"What are you driving now?" the unsuspecting dealer asks a disguised Gordon in this Pepsi-sponsored prank. "Oh, just a mini-van."
They should really keep their helmets on during post-race fights.
The mustache, shown here in 1993 with Dale Earnhardt, returned in grayer form for 10 days in 2012. It still wasn't the best look. Said teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr: "If you look back at them pictures, I'm not sure why he decided to grow it back. Maybe he lost a bet or something."
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"Racing has provided a tremendous amount of opportunity that's been extraordinarily rewarding and fulfilling in my life. The work we're doing with the Jeff Gordon Children's Foundation will continue to be extremely important to me. Outside the race car, my passion is pediatric cancer research, and my efforts will remain focused there when I'm no longer driving."
It happens to the best of us, bro.
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His “Drive for Five” will last one more year. The driver won his four championships in a seven-year span from 1995-2001.
In a statement, the 43-year-old Gordon, who has raced with back pain in recent years, said: "I won't use the 'R-word' because I plan to stay extremely busy in the years ahead, and there's always the possibility I'll compete in selected events, although I currently have no plans to do that."
Jeff Gordon celebrates in Victory Lane after winning at Dover International Speedway September.
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The network argues the school is subject to the Access to Public Records Act.
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In September and November of 2014, ESPN reporter Paula Lavigne filed a public records request for incident reports involving Notre Dame student-athletes. The university did not comply.
The school says they are exempt from the reach of the Access to Public Records Act because they are a private university. However, Indiana Public Access Counselor Luke Britt does not agree with that claim. When ESPN expressed concern with the school's refusal to release the records, Britt advised Notre Dame to comply with the request, explaining that though the school is a private university, its campus police department qualified as a public institution.
Reporters often file requests for public information, often to universities and police departments.
The result of this lawsuit could define how and when private institutions are subject to public transparency.
