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Panthers WR Steve Smith has walked a fine line between helping his team and disrupting it. But this season, Smith says he is a changed man, with his anger under control, and his intensity channeled into what matters.

Eric Karabell and David Schoenfield discuss whether batting order and lineups matter in baseball.

With an eye on Trey Burke, David Thorpe notes that no matter how much teams love drafting big players, the tiniest high picks have been great ones.

By and large, data has shown crunch time isn't as different from the rest of the game as we thought. However ... a surprise. New work by Microsoft's Justin Rao and UC San Diego's Matthew Goldman shows the best teams get much better when it matters mo

The 2013 MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference had a focus on convincing powerbrokers to try new things. In this TrueHoop TV, Blazers GM Neil Olshey hears a stat-based pitch -- to shoot more 3s late in games -- from UCSD economist Matt Goldman.

The T206 "Gretzky" Honus Wagner is the most famous baseball card in the world. And, as the art world readily illustrates, it may be that no matter what was done or not done to "The Card," its value really does lie in the eye of the beholder.

Henry Abbott has always been mesmerized by the widespread affection for Cheesecake Factory among NBA players. In the latest Weekend Stein Edition of TrueHoop TV, Abbott grills Marc Stein for some further insight on the matter.

When you pal around with a guy called, "Stink," it's only a matter of time before you want a cool nickname of your own. Jay Harris has his picked out...but Mike Hill and Mark Schlereth refuse to help it catch on. Jay's not happy...but he does have a

Jeremy Schaap speaks with South African women soccer players who say they were beaten and raped because they are lesbians. Editor's note: This story and video contain mature subject matter