Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dan Freedman is lawyer and IBWAA member who writes about baseball. Every baseball game – heck, every sporting event – has a “what ...

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Have you ever noticed that just prior to someone saying, “what if,” they almost always precede it with the word “but?” Quite often, it’s not the what if that gets in our way, it’s that doggone word ...

The 2025-2026 NFL season had numerous storylines. The Chicago Bears went from last to first in the NFC North, Cleveland’s Myles Garrett set the single-season sack record, and Seattle’s Jaxon ...

I think I realized the power of a what-if when Tyrese Haliburton tore his Achilles in Game 7 of the NBA Finals. Five minutes in, he had nine points off three 3-pointers. He looked like the guy I’d ...

In 66 days, Big 12 play will kickoff when Iowa State and Kansas State face off in Dublin. As the BYU football season approaches, now's that time to ask: what if? Here are the five biggest "what ifs" ...

The Las Vegas Raiders are a tough team to get a feel for entering the 2025 season. There are so many variables about how good or bad they could be that no one seems to be able to tell what this team ...

Adoptees wrestle often with “what-ifs.” What if my birth mother had kept me? What if I had been raised in her family? What if she’s trying to find me? As an adopted child, these questions ran ...

Now that we’re some five-and-a-half years removed from Zabit Magomedsharipov’s last fight, I’m starting to believe he’s serious about not coming back. Dude was 29 years old when he walked away, ...

The Sacramento Kings don't have much when it comes to storied history, but they do have a lot of 'what ifs' that are fun (or not so fun in Sacramento's case) that could theoretically change history ...