Numlock Sunday: Neil Paine talks NBA Finals, Stanley Cup, and World Cup

By Walt Hickey

Welcome to the Numlock Sunday edition.

This week, I spoke to Neil Paine, a Numlock regular and one of the most comprehensive sports writers I know. Neil covers everything, so we talked a little bit about everything. Specifically, it’s a real busy time for certain sports. We covered the NBA finals — exciting stuff for your local Queens resider — The Stanley Cup and the World Cup all in one go.

I absolutely love having Neil on, and as always, he’s writing and recording some phenomenal projects. You can find him at Neil’s Substack for daily updates on all things sports data, his Sherwood newsletter Scoreboard diving into prediction markets, and you can find him in your ear with his NASCAR podcast, Podracing.

This interview has been condensed and edited.

Neil, thank you so much for coming back on.

Thanks for having me again, Walt.

You are one of the most comprehensive consummate sports writers that I know. You cover everything. You have a newsletter, Neil’s Substack, that is a da…