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James Harden plays worse in cities with high-quality strip clubs

A person on Reddit did a deep dive... and came to the conclusion that if James Harden is in a city with an above-average strip club, he has a bad performance on the court... Credit to him for doing the research. And it shows a statistical correlation.

While it was a real analysis posted to Reddit that gained massive traction, it is a spurious correlation used for comedy.

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Nov 8, 2019·Picks
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The Pittsburgh Steelers will beat the Rams outright

And then the juicy one, the Pittsburgh Steelers are going to beat the Rams outright.

The Steelers defeated the Rams 17-12 on November 10, 2019.
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Nov 8, 2019
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The Steelers will make the playoffs

You were addicted to saying that the Steelers are going to make the playoffs. Oh, I'm still... I put them in my can't-lose program.

The Steelers finished the season 8-8 and missed the playoffs.
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Nov 8, 2019
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Pat Shurmur's days are numbered as Giants head coach

So there is precedent here when the Giants coach says they are built for losing, their days are numbered. Ben McAdoo, three weeks before he was fired from the New York Giants, talking about losing, I'm built for this.

Pat Shurmur was fired by the Giants on December 30, 2019, at the end of the season.

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The Ravens' fourth-quarter problems are moving earlier

Historically, the fourth-quarter Ravens have not been a great team. That fourth-quarter Ravens has started to creep its way into the third-quarter Ravens. And I think eventually it's going to keep creeping earlier and earlier in the game. I don't think it's going to get better because the defense does not look good.

This is a season-long assessment that can only be judged against Baltimore's eventual 2026 performance.
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Baker Mayfield has a real revenge game against Cleveland

This is like a big Baker revenge spot too. This is not a made-up Baker—I have a perceived slight against me because some team didn't trade for me when I was on the market. This is Baker Mayfield against Stefanski, and they haven't talked since he left Cleveland.

Whether the personal history materially affects the game is subjective, though the stated public grievance is part of the episode's context.
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The NFL should reduce the season to 16 games

I'm going to say it. I think that 17 games is too much. I like the scarcity. I like if you brought it back to 16, because the NFL's also been playing this game for a long time where they have to find safer-looking ways to do a dangerous activity.

The preferred NFL schedule is a policy judgment, though the player-safety rationale is grounded in the discussion's cited study.