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In the NFL, Black or African American players made up just over 53% of rosters in 2023 — a majority share that sources report continued into mid‑decade discussions . By contrast Major League Baseball’...
Greatest-of-all-time lists vary by era, metrics and method, but recurring names form a clear top tier: Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, Bobby Orr, Gordie Howe, Maurice “Rocket” Richard, Jean Béliveau, Bo...
The Selective Service lottery paired calendar birth dates with sequence numbers 1–365 (or 366) to set the order in which men of draft-age cohorts were processed and inducted; induction notices were th...
Era adjustments were devised to neutralize changing scoring environments—season length, roster sizes and league-wide goals per game—so counting stats from different decades can be placed on a common f...
Available sources focus on recent professional sports drafts (NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB) and prospect rankings; they do not discuss draft outcomes for politicians, entertainers, or business leaders or explai...
Professional status in 2025 remains concentrated in established major-team and global commercial sports — the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, MLS and top international competitions — driven by large media rights,...