When the New Orleans Saints and Carolina Panthers meet in the first round of the NFL playoffs this weekend, keep an eye on the run game. The Saints have a historically good running back duo, and the ...

We will learn the final result in at least one of our unresolved House races today: Maine’s 2nd District. According to an office spokesperson, the secretary of … ...

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ABC News is reporting that Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer is projected to win Oregon’s 5th District, defeating Democrat Jamie McLeod-Skinner. This light-blue se… ...

Week 15 is here. We start with the Chargers vs. the Chiefs tonight at 8:20 Eastern time. On Sunday, the two teams from the battleground state of Pennsylvania will face off against tough opponents in ...

As rioters stormed the Capitol building on Jan. 6, Fox News host Laura Ingraham texted Mark Meadows, then-President Trump’s chief of staff, “Mark, the president… ...

Welcome to The Lab, FiveThirtyEight’s basketball podcast. On Monday’s show (May 21, 2018), Neil and Kyle discuss where each conference finals series stands. Did Golden State’s resounding Game 3 win ...

All the NFL action this week is happening on Sunday. Looking at playoff significance and team quality, the two biggest games of the week are the Vikings vs. the Bears and the Titans vs. the Colts. ð ...

FiveThirtyEight's MESSI* analysis compares how every athlete played in every men’s World Cup from 1966 to 2018 by generating statistical fingerprints of 5,899 World Cup performances. Random player ...