NBA Players Map, 2019-2020 “The NBA Playoffs are underway. This choropleth map is based on where the current 480 NBA roster players attended high school. Two areas in the eastern half of the U.S. (Mid-Atlantic urban core and rural south central states) standout as leading per capita producers of players. Professional basketball is truly an
College Football Success, 2010-2019 “The pandemic has suspended the Bearcats 2020 season. This proportional symbol map is based on team success over the past decade. One point is awarded for each round a team makes during the post-season playoffs. Six points are possible if a team wins a national championship. 60 points would be the
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By Kathryn Rice Maryville has a new hidden gem which provides youth baseball a private, little-league-sized field located off of South Mulberry in the southern part of Maryville. The field is owned by Ben and Tiffany Scott and Ed and Diane Higdon. The project started when the Maryville Knights, consisting of three youth baseball teams
AP Top 25 All-Time Football Rankings “Many major college football (FBS) programs will not be playing this fall. Instead of anticipating the upcoming season we will focus on the past. This week’s proportional symbol map was compiled from 84 years (1936-2019) of the longest running rankings service, the Associated Press (AP). The All-Time greatest include
World Team Tennis Players Map, 2020 “2020 marks the 45th season of WWT (World Team Tennis). WTT is the top professional team tennis league in the U.S. The league consists of nine teams with six players on each roster. New York beat Chicago in the recent Championship Finals. This map displays the hometowns of the 33
PGA Golfers Map, 2020 “Last week the PGA (Professional Golfers Association) Golf Championship was played in San Francisco. The first of golf’s three major championships played this year. Of the Top 500 golfers in the World Weekly Rankings, 162 or 32% are from the United States. The next five countries account for 181 or 36%
Pro Lacrosse Player Map, 2020 “The Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) is in its second year as a professional men’s lacrosse organization. It consists of seven teams with 26 players on a team. Lacrosse, the oldest organized sport in North America, is derived from Native Americans in pre-Map for NNL, Thursday, JColumbian northeastern U.S. It has a
Ethan Stone, Maryville, holds the “Going the Distance” trophy presented to him by Maryville Sharks Swim Team Head Coach Lauren Macali on July 24. Stone, who has aged out of the program at 18, has been a member of the Sharks since age seven. The team gives this award to swimmers who start in the
Royals Roster Map, 2020 “Major League Baseball is scheduled to start a 60-game schedule on Thursday. This map displays the 2020 Kansas City Royals current active roster players by birthplace. Five of the players are from outside the U.S. The Royals are made up of players from California, Latin America, the Midwest & South accounting
