​The NTSB Library brings every North Texas Sports Blog article into one place—every deep dive, tribute, and historical piece collected in a single home. Whether you’re returning to an old favorite or finding something new, this page makes it easy to navigate the full archive and enjoy the stories and baseball history that shape this space. Settle in and explore wherever your curiosity takes you.
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The Chiefs’ 33–30 overtime win over Indianapolis wasn’t just another Mahomes escape act — it was a game where both teams emptied the tank, traded haymakers, and forced each other into uncomfortable football for nearly 75 minutes. And when the dust settled, Kansas City’s stars — Mahomes, Kelce, Walker, and a suddenly electric Tyquan Thornton — made just enough plays to keep the AFC West’s gold standard upright.
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September 21, 2026
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The Bills opened Highmark Stadium in unforgettable fashion on Thursday night, powering past the Lions, 41-31, behind a dominant ground game and a poised, efficient Josh Allen. Detroit kept swinging behind Jared Goff’s four touchdowns, but Buffalo’s physicality and control of the trenches defined a victorious debut in their new home.
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Posted on September 19, 2026
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The New Face of the National League: Pete Crow‑Armstrong’s Breakthrough Season
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Pete Crow‑Armstrong isn’t just having a breakout season — he’s rewriting the entire National League MVP conversation with a level of two‑way dominance the Cubs haven’t seen in decades. Every night he delivers another signature moment, which leads the NTSB to the conclusion that baseball's newest superstar is rapidly becoming the most complete player in the sport and is the clear favorite to become the first NL MVP Award winner for the Cubs since Kris Bryant in 2016.
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Posted on September 18, 2026
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NTSB Top 50 MLB Players of All-Time: The Definitive Historical Ranking
For more than a century, baseball’s greatest legends have been measured, debated, and immortalized.The North Texas Sports Blog now unveils its most comprehensive, era‑balanced ranking ever assembled.
Posted on September 17, 2026
The Ball Beneath the Game
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A Century of Construction, Chemistry, and Consequence - The NTSB Takes A Deep Dive Into How the Official Major League Baseball Has Shaped the Sport from the Dead Ball Era to the Modern Humidor Age.
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Posted on September 4, 2026
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The MVP Race That Split the League: Ohtani’s Force vs. PCA’s Total Game
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Posted on August 29, 2026
The 2026 NL Cy Young Race: Misiorowski’s Meteor vs. Sale’s Ageless Heat
Posted on August 27, 2026
The Chamberlain Index Scores: The Official Historical Rankings of the North Texas Sports Blog
The Chamberlain Index offers a historian’s clarity on who actually shaped the league’s evolution. Some scores confirm long‑held beliefs, but a few will make you rethink entire chapters of NBA history.
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Posted on August 20, 2026
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The Chamberlain Index Formula: Bringing Statistical Order to 75 Years of NBA Legends
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Wilt Chamberlain didn’t just rewrite the record book—he created statistical realities no one else has ever approached. The Chamberlain Index is the first metric built to quantify that level of singular, era‑proof dominance.
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Posted on August 20, 2026
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On December 10, 1971, the New York Mets sent a young Nolan Ryan--along with pitcher Don Rose, catcher Francisco Estrada, and outfielder Leroy Stanton--to the California Angels in exchange for shortstop Jim Fregosi. The Mets had run out of patience with Ryan, who would go on to become the most feared arm in the American League before his 26th birthday.
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Posted on August 12, 2026
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The Ryan Index: The Era‑Proof Formula That Proves Nolan Ryan Was Baseball’s Ultimate Outlier
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Nolan Ryan didn't just pitch longer--he pitched harder, better, and more impossibly than anyone who ever lived. The North Texas Sports Blog has devised the Ryan Index, a formula that shows why his dominance (toughest pitcher to hit in baseball history) remains unmatched across every era.
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Posted on August 11, 2026
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The Summer of Slugging: How the Red Sox Flipped the Script in 2026
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The Red Sox have erupted into one of baseball’s most dangerous teams, transforming a sluggish start into a blistering midsummer surge. Their dominant pitching, explosive offense, and soft August schedule now have Boston barreling toward October with championship-level momentum.
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Posted on August 8, 2026
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The Ryan Index: Devising A Formula That Measures the Pitchers Who Were the Most Difficult To Hit
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Baseball is a sport built on numbers, but every so often a player arrives who breaks the arithmetic. Nolan Ryan didn’t merely pitch; he imposed his will on the sport. His fastball was explosive, his longevity a scientific anomaly, and his statistical footprint a monument carved across four decades of Major League history.
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Posted on July 31, 2026
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Lebron James Signs With the Philadelphia 767ers
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The Philadelphia 76ers have detonated the offseason landscape with a move no one truly believed would happen until the ink dried: Lebron James is heading to Broad Street. At 41 years old, James remains one of the league’s most influential forces — on the court, in the locker room, and across every layer of basketball culture. His arrival in Philadelphia is not merely a roster addition; it is a tectonic shift that reverberates through the entire NBA.
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Posted on July 27, 2026
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The NFC North Begins Training Camp With 4 Playoff-Caliber Teams
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After a chaotic, whiplash‑heavy 2025 season, the NFC North enters 2026 as the NFL’s most combustible division — four playoff‑caliber rosters, four emboldened coaching staffs, and four fan bases convinced their team is ready to take the crown. Detroit brings the firepower, Chicago brings the balance, Green Bay brings the volatility, and Minnesota brings the defense. Training camps open with one truth: nothing in this division will come easy.
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Posted on July 24, 2026
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The 2026 Dallas Cowboys Are Trying To Begin Training Camp With A New Mindset
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The Cowboys open 2026 training camp carrying a draft class built to fix their most persistent failures — and a fan base demanding immediate results. This season isn’t about hope or potential anymore; it’s about whether Dallas can finally turn expectations into something real.
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Posted on July 23, 2026
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Los Angeles Dodgers Star Shohei Ohtani Is Building Another MVP Case
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Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani has reinvented himself in 2026, dominating as both a middle‑of‑the‑order force and an ace-level starter in one of the most complete seasons of his career. This is the story of how baseball’s most scrutinized superstar turned pressure into power — and built an MVP case that’s impossible to ignore.
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Posted on July 23, 2026
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Considerations For the New York Yankees As the MLB Trade Deadline Approaches
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Six weeks out from the MLB trading deadline, the New York Yankees remain a contender with clear October ambitions — but also clear October vulnerabilities. The record is strong, the rotation has stabilized, and the lineup has shown flashes of dominance. Yet the numbers tell a blunt story: the Yankees are good, but not complete.
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Posted on July 17, 2026
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Justin Verlander Begins the Final Stretch of His Career
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Justin Verlander has never been subtle. Not in the way he pitched, not in the way he competed, and certainly not in the way he carried himself across a two‑decade career that now stands as one of the most complete pitching résumés in modern baseball history. When he announced last week that the 2026 season would be his last, it didn’t feel like a surprise — it felt like a closing chapter in a book baseball fans have been reading for twenty years. And what a book it has been.
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Posted on July 17, 2026
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The New Look Chicago White Sox
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The 2026 Chicago White Sox were supposed to be rebuilding — instead, they’re winning tight games, climbing the standings, and playing their best baseball in years. Here’s how a new culture, new arms, and new faces have completely changed the South Side.
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Posted on July 11, 2026
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Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes looked untouchable through mid‑May, carving hitters with the same overpowering precision that won him the 2025 Cy Young Award. Now, for the first time in his young career, the league is punching back — and the numbers reveal a stunning shift that Pittsburgh can’t ignore.
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Posted on July 11, 2026
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Jacob Misiorowski overpowered the Phillies with a historic one-hit shutout last night, pairing a 104 mph fastball with pinpoint command in the most overwhelming start of the 2026 season.
Posted on June 13, 2026
Chasing 60: Why Babe Ruth's Record Became Baseball's Eternal Mount Everest
Baseball has always been a sport of numbers, but some numbers rise above the rest. Sixty is one of them. NTSB columnist John Quatraro devised a study on the pre-steroid era chase of Babe Ruth's single season record of 60 home runs and discovered how the numbers expose just how rare the perfect season truly is.
Posted on June 12, 2026
The Tampa Bay Rays: Precision, Power, and the Art of Winning
At 34-15, the Tampa Bay Rays currently own Major League Baseball's best records and sit atop the American League East, 5.5 games ahead of the New York Yankees. Their record reflects not just talent, but a system that is firing on all cylinders. Their start is the type that feels less like a hot streak and more like a statement.
Posted on May 23, 2026
MLB Pitcher Power Rankings 2026: The Top 10 Dominant Arms So Far
2026 has become a showcase for elite pitching, and this list breaks down the ten arms doing the most damage. From Skenes to Miller, these are the guys turning every start (and relief appearance) into must‑watch baseball.
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Posted on May 16, 2026
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The Big Unit: Seattle’s Towering Legacy and a Career That Redefined Dominance
At 6'10", with a fastball that felt like it came from the sky and a slider that disappeared into a hitter's shoelaces, Johnson was baseball’s most terrifying at‑bat. Hitters didn’t step in against him — they braced for impact.
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Posted on May 2, 2026
The 2026 Cincinnati Reds: A Franchise Stuck in Neutral, A Fan Base Stuck in Limbo
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The Reds are off to a respectable 9–7 start, but the franchise remains stuck in the same cycle of low spending and lower expectations. Three decades of irrelevance still hang over a team that refuses to invest in winning.
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Posted on April 13, 2026​
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May 31, 2026, will mark 40 years since the South Point High School Class of 1986 walked across the state to receive our diplomas. How did we get from planning our graduation and college years to nearing retirement so quickly?
Posted on April 8, 2026​
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The 10 Trends Defining the 2026 MLB Season (So Far)
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Baseball seasons don't reveal themselves all at once. They unfold in layers. A couple of weeks into the 2026 season, we're already seeing some interesting patterns take shape across Major League Baseball. Here are 10 trends shaping the season so far and what they tell us about where the sport is headed.
Posted on April 5, 2026
Five Legends and a Standard of Greatness: NTSB's All-Time NBA Team
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When you stack peak efficiency, playoff impact, and all‑time production, five names rise above the rest. This lineup blends the NBA’s greatest scorer, its smartest playmaker, and its most dominant interior force into one unstoppable unit. NTSB's Starting Five would overwhelm every era's numbers.
March 15, 2026
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The Ace Ascends: Paul Skenes and Pittsburgh's Franchise Arm
He’s not just the best pitching prospect in baseball — he’s the kind of arm that reshapes expectations. Paul Skenes is rewriting Pittsburgh’s future, one 100-mph fastball at a time.
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March 9, 2026
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The Game’s Gentle Giant: Why Baseball Loves Aaron Judge
Few players change a game the moment they step into the box, but Aaron Judge does it nightly. Here’s why his first decade already reads like a legend in progress.
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March 7, 2026
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The Legend of Wilt Chamberlain: Records, Reverence, and the Rise of a Giant
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Long before analytics and highlight reels, Wilt Chamberlain created moments so massive they still echo through the decades. This page is a tribute to the player who turned basketball into mythology.
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Posted on February 23, 2026
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The NTSB All-Time Team vs. the 1984 Detroit Tigers
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The 1984 Detroit Tigers started the year 35-5 en route to their World Series Championship. But, a Copilot simulation of a 4-game series between the North Texas Sports Blog All-Time Team and the '84 Tigers showed they were no match for the greatest roster ever built.
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Posted on February 20, 2026
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Nolan Ryan: The Fastball That Redefined Fear
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Every era has its legends, but Nolan Ryan stands alone. He turned intimidation into an art form and his fastball felt mythic. You can't measure him by his numbers alone--you also have to consider the fear he inspired and the awe he created. His story is a reminder that his approach to pitching didn't go out of style. Rather, today's pitchers just aren't built for the workload he shouldered.
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Posted on January 25, 2026
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The Reggie Effect: Power, Personality, and Pure Baseball Drama
Reggie Jackson was the first player who made me fall in love with baseball, and this tribute is my way of honoring the swagger, power, and early fandom that shaped my love for the game. His legacy lives at the heart of this tribute page, and serves as a reminder as to why he still feels larger than life all these years later.
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January 23, 2026
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The Coach Who Rebuilt The Bills
The Buffalo Bills fired their longtime coach, Sean McDermott, this morning after a turnover-filled 33-30 loss to the Denver Broncos in the Divisional round of the NFL playoffs on Saturday. He is back on the market, and he won't be there long. This article takes a look at his accomplishments in Buffalo and where he might land next.
January 19, 2026
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My Thoughts on PEDs​
Baseball’s steroid era was thrilling, messy, and impossible to ignore — and its impact still echoes through every record book and Hall of Fame ballot. From the magic of ’98 to the murky truth behind the numbers, my essay cuts through nostalgia and presents a brutal look at what really happened. This post represents my attempt to put baseball's steroid era in its proper perspective.
January 17, 2026
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My Ideal College Football Playoff
Every fan has an opinion on how to fix the College Football Playoff — here’s mine. It’s a simple and fair proposal that is rooted in the traditions that make college football the amazing sport that it is. If you love December football, you’ll want to see this.
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January 14, 2026
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The Sweet Spot: Why 2025 Became My Year of Autographed Bats​
In 2025, one autographed bat in June sparked a collecting run that reshaped my entire approach and ended with nine prized additions. This post looks back on that shift and honors the legendary players whose stories now sit in my collection.
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January 10, 2026
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In my first blog post, I present the 2026 BBWAA Hall of Fame ballot. I discuss eligibility rules for BBWAA voters, explain the voting process, BBWAA voting criteria, my approach to Hall of Fame voting, and analyze the 27 players listed on this year's ballot and present my vote for each.
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December 25, 2026
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