Entries by Five Reasons

Surprise Contenders: MLB’s Underdog Teams Making a World Series Push in 2025

The 2025 MLB season has already delivered several compelling narratives of unexpected contenders, with initially overlooked teams rising to the challenge and rewriting the script. While preseason projections often predict a predictable order, the early part of the 2025 campaign has thrown a curveball, with several teams defying expectations. As May rolls on, clubs thought […]

2025 NBA Playoffs: Underdog Teams to Watch Out For

As of April 2025, several NBA teams have outperformed expectations, not always by coming out of nowhere but by rising above doubt, adversity, or preseason uncertainty. The Detroit Pistons and Houston Rockets were widely considered longshots, pegged for the bottom of their conferences. Meanwhile, teams like the Minnesota Timberwolves, LA Clippers, and even the Milwaukee […]