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Peter Keating explains why the NHL's current collective bargaining woes won't be alleviated until the league permanently addresses its revenue sharing system.

Story | Conversation | October 31, 2012

This is ESPN The Magazine's 2012 Franchise Rankings entry for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

A winning team with likeable players, a supportive owner a great game experience and cheap tickets -- is that too much to ask? Not if you're rooting for the Oklahoma City Thunder, who top ESPN The Magazine's 10th annual ranking of pro franchises.

Peter Keating presents his methodology behind ranking all 122 pro franchises in ESPN The Magazine's Franchise issue.

ImPACT sells tests and training to pro teams, colleges, high schools and sports medicine centers, but some question whether the program actually works.

To fix the scourge of the one-and-done rule, basketball should borrow a page from the NHL and let freedom reign, writes Peter Keating in ESPN The Magazine.

Story | Conversation | May 01, 2012

Michael Schuckers' new stat helps show how valuable goalies are apart from the defenses in front of them.

Story | Conversation | November 07, 2011

Peter Keating writes that, according to a new study, the more safety rules a sport enacts, the more risks athletes will take.

New ways of measuring the game of hockey are slowly gaining steam thanks to advanced metrics.

Story | Conversation | April 07, 2011

When the NFL reversed field on concussions, it spawned a medical gold rush that pits scientist against scientist in a quest for cures, treatments and dead men's brains.

There is no doubt that shootouts are exciting. Too bad they're also fundamentally flawed.

Blog | Conversation | December 17, 2010

As part of ESPN The Magazine's ongoing "concussion reports", Peter Keating examines whether concussion tests are currently stringent enough.

Aside from the mega guaranteed deals signed by only the top NFL rookies, most draftees, on average, are actually paid less than what they are worth to the team. Plus, why the NBA needs to model its draft after the NHL's.

Blog | Conversation | April 16, 2010

ESPN The Magazine presents 31 rules that need to be implemented in the world of sports. Rule No. 31: Overhaul overtime.

Story | Conversation | December 29, 2009

Peater Keating of ESPN The Magazine looks at the growing concern of concussions in hockey.

Story | Conversation | December 28, 2009

After parsing 130-plus years of data on professional athletes' bodies, Peter Keating confirms that yes, athletes have gotten bigger. But that's just scratching the surface.

Story | Conversation | October 15, 2009