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Alex Smith's leg. Zion's body. Tyreek's shoulder. Every comeback story has a public ending and a private gauntlet of doctors, trainers, and 3 a.m. doubts. This is what the road back actually looks like.
Passer rating, pitcher wins, plus-minus — some of the most quoted numbers in American sports are also the worst. Here's what to use instead, no math degree required.
Steph Curry's jumper, Simone Biles's vault, Patrick Mahomes's no-look dime — all impossibly hard, all somehow effortless. We dig into the film, the neuroscience, and the decision-making that separates the clear-minded greats from the merely talented.