Plus-minus can be a polarizing statistic. While it certainly doesn’t tell the whole story and can be deceiving at times, it can serve as a good barometer for a player’s impact on the game. NBC Sports ...

Michigan State basketball took down Ole Miss on Friday night in the NCAA Tournament's Sweet 16, propelling the Spartans into the Elite 8 for a matchup against Auburn for the right to play in the Final ...

Coach Jason Kidd sent reporters scurrying to their research materials recently with a nugget of information that bordered on the unbelievable. He casually mentioned that Josh Green has the best ...

Chicago — After every game, one of the first things Paul Reed does is grab a scorebox, similar to many of his teammates and colleagues around the league. He isn't looking for the number of points he ...

Mahomes has already put up some Hall of Fame credentials. Amazingly, he’s still got a way to go if he wants to catch the G.O.A.T. Craig Ellenport is a senior editor at Athlon Sports. A veteran sports ...

Despite losing to the Carolina Panthers in Week 13, the Los Angeles Rams actually moved up into the No. 1 ranking in this week’s updated Red Zone Plus/Minus — Athlon Sports’ exclusive metric that ...

Through 16 games, the San Antonio Spurs’ up-and-down play has, quite literally, evened out as they currently sit at 8-8. A bottom-10 scoring offense has been uplifted by a top-10 scoring defense, but ...

As we continue to track the Red Zone Plus/Minus — Athlon Sports’ exclusive metric that combines NFL teams’ efficiency in the red zone on both offense and defense — there is a growing correlation ...

MINNEAPOLIS – There's no way to quantify what the Timberwolves lost when Ricky Rubio went down with a season-ending ACL injury on Friday. Sure, they lost his 10.6 points and 8.6 assists per game, but ...

Unable to score while struggling to keep the puck out of its own net, Tampa Bay is staring at some ugly figures on the stat sheet. Eduardo A. Encina is a sports reporter covering the Tampa Bay ...