If the United States and Venezuela meet in the World Baseball Classic championship game on Tuesday night, a coin toss will be needed. One of the teams has to be the home team, batting second in each ...

Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller told the National Association for Business Economics on February 23rd that the March 17th–18th Federal Open Market Committee decision is “close to a coin ...

Federal Reserve governor Christopher Waller said Monday that solid job gains in January could mean the central bank can skip a rate cut at its next meeting in March, a decision that would likely spur ...

Olympic hockey gold should test depth and resilience—not be decided by 3-on-3 overtime. Here’s why 5-on-5 sudden death is the right fix. Olympic hockey is supposed to crown the best team in the ...

Probability underpins AI, cryptography and statistics. However, as the philosopher Bertrand Russell said, “Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the ...

A college student's summer job search in 1974 led to a lifelong connection with Savannah, Georgia. A seasonal job at Fort Pulaski National Monument inspired a career change from history to law. This ...

On the surface, it seems like the most even prop bet one can make. But Super Bowl history says a little different. The Patriots won the toss ahead of Super Bowl 60, with the coin landing on heads. New ...

Drake Maye has taken the Patriots to Super Bowl LX, and an intriguing coin toss trend adds one more layer of intrigue. The Patriots face the Seahawks, led by star quarterback Drake Maye, in Super Bowl ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Few sporting events offer as much in the way of prop bets as the Super Bowl, and the fun actually starts before kickoff, ...

Every Super Bowl, without fail, one of the biggest moments to bet on occurs right before the opening kickoff, even though it's a bet based on pure luck. The pre-game coin flip continues to attract ...

Could someone's Super Bowl 60 luck have changed with the flip of a coin? Sometimes a coin flip can determine the momentum for a game, as has been evidenced in NFL playoff matchups in years past. Today ...