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Manny’s Variety Picks: Best AI Sports Analytics Platform in the United States of 2026
Best of Best Review is proud to recognize Manny’s Variety Picks, also known as MVP, as the Best AI Sports Analytics Platform in the United States of 2026. Founded by Manuel Riquinha, Founder and CEO, Manny’s Variety is developing a sports technology platform built around data driven analysis, predictive modeling, historical performance, and artificial intelligence assisted research.
A Different Approach to Sports Intelligence
Sports prediction has never been short on opinions. What is harder to find is a technology platform designed to bring the information behind those opinions into one connected research environment. That is the problem Manny’s Variety is attempting to address through its proprietary ATLAS intelligence system.

Rather than positioning itself simply as another sports picks service, MVP is building an ecosystem where sport specific models, statistical analysis, market information, historical performance, player data, and AI assisted research can work together. The objective is straightforward: give everyday users access to sophisticated sports analysis in a format they can understand and use.
ATLAS Is at the Center of the Platform
The defining element of Manny’s Variety is ATLAS, the company’s proprietary sports intelligence system. ATLAS is being developed to bring together multiple forms of sports information and analysis so users can research games, players, matchups, predictions, and historical results through a connected platform.
That approach gives Manny’s Variety a broader identity than a conventional prediction website. The company is building technology around the research process itself, with an emphasis on connecting a prediction to the information and analysis that supports it.
As Manuel Riquinha explains, “We don’t want people to blindly trust a prediction. We want to build technology that can show you what the models see, why they see it and how those predictions have actually performed.”
Transparency Is a Core Principle
One of the strongest reasons Best of Best Review selected Manny’s Variety for this recognition is its stated emphasis on transparency. The company is working toward an auditable research environment in which published predictions, supporting evidence, methodology, and historical results can be examined over time.
This philosophy is important in a field where predictions can be easy to publish but considerably harder to evaluate after the fact. By maintaining a focus on historical records and measurable outcomes, MVP is attempting to make the evaluation of predictive technology more concrete.
“Transparency matters to us,” Riquinha says. “If our models publish something, we believe users should ultimately be able to see the evidence behind it and the historical record that followed.”
Turning Complex Data Into Understandable Information
Advanced sports analytics can quickly become overwhelming. Statistics, probabilities, player performance, matchup variables, historical trends, and market information can create an enormous amount of data for anyone trying to research a game.
Manny’s Variety is taking the position that technology should help make that information more accessible rather than simply adding another layer of complexity. ATLAS is being developed with that goal in mind, transforming large quantities of sports information into research that everyday users can navigate.
“ATLAS is about turning an enormous amount of sports data into information an everyday user can actually understand and use,” Riquinha says.
Expanding Into Fantasy Football
Manny’s Variety is also extending its technology into fantasy football through the MVP Fantasy Football Hub. The platform is being developed around the practical decisions fantasy players face throughout the season, including rankings, projections, draft preparation, roster analysis, start and sit decisions, trade analysis, and weekly fantasy management.
The expansion is significant because it demonstrates how MVP’s technology can serve more than one type of sports research user. A fantasy player may need to evaluate a trade or decide which player to start, while another user may be researching a matchup or prediction. Both activities involve making decisions under uncertainty, which is the broader problem Manny’s Variety is attempting to address.
Building a Connected Research Ecosystem
Manny’s Variety stands out for the scope of the ecosystem it is developing. ATLAS, sports predictions, historical results, player analysis, statistical research, and fantasy football tools are being brought together under a common technology vision.
The company describes that vision as extending beyond individual sports. The longer term objective is to develop ATLAS into a broader predictive intelligence platform capable of applying the same evidence driven approach to other uncertain outcomes and prediction markets.
“We’re building toward one connected intelligence platform,” says Riquinha. “Sports predictions and fantasy football are where we started, but the larger vision for ATLAS is predictive intelligence.”
A Focus on Measurable Performance
Another defining characteristic of Manny’s Variety is its stated desire to evaluate its technology through measurable historical performance rather than relying exclusively on individual predictions.
The company is working toward a model in which users can examine what was published, understand the supporting research, and review the results that followed. That creates a foundation for ongoing evaluation and gives the platform a more research oriented character.
MVP’s philosophy is not centered on producing the largest possible quantity of predictions. Instead, the company says its goal is to identify where its technology is strongest, explain the evidence behind its analysis, and continuously measure whether the resulting information can support better decisions.
Expertise Across Major Sports
Manny’s Variety currently provides analysis and tools across major sports including MLB and NFL. Its growing product ecosystem includes ATLAS Reports, model generated predictions, player analysis, historical results, and fantasy football resources.
This combination of sports coverage and technology development gives MVP an increasingly broad platform for users interested in data driven sports research. Its work across both traditional sports analysis and fantasy football also reflects the company's effort to make predictive tools useful in different decision making environments.
What Sets Manny’s Variety Apart
Best of Best Review considers Manny’s emphasis on technology, transparency, connected research, historical evaluation, and accessibility among the qualities that distinguish the company.
MVP is not presenting ATLAS simply as a mechanism for producing predictions. It is developing the system as an intelligence platform intended to connect the prediction with the data, research, evidence, and historical context surrounding it.
That distinction matters. The value of a predictive system is not only in what it predicts, but also in how clearly users can understand and evaluate the information behind those predictions.
Recognition for an Emerging Sports Technology Company
Manny’s Variety represents an emerging category of sports technology companies that sits at the intersection of artificial intelligence, predictive analytics, sports data, and fantasy sports.
Its development of ATLAS and the MVP Fantasy Football Hub demonstrates an ambition to build beyond the traditional sports picks model. The company is creating an interconnected suite of tools designed around research, analysis, prediction, and decision support.
Best of Best Review recognizes that direction with its 2026 award.
Best AI Sports Analytics Platform in the United States of 2026
For its technology driven approach to sports analysis, its emphasis on transparency, its development of the ATLAS intelligence platform, its expanding fantasy football ecosystem, and its commitment to making complex sports information more accessible, Best of Best Review recognizes Manny’s Variety Picks as the Best AI Sports Analytics Platform in the United States of 2026.
The recognition reflects what makes the company particularly notable at this stage of its development: a clear effort to treat sports prediction as a technology and research challenge rather than simply a publishing exercise.
Manny’s Variety is building toward a future in which users can see what an intelligent system predicts, examine the information supporting that prediction, and evaluate how those predictions perform over time. That is the foundation of the company’s broader vision for ATLAS and its place in the evolving sports technology landscape.
About Manny’s Variety Picks
Manny’s Variety Picks, also known as MVP, is a sports technology company founded by Manuel Riquinha. The company develops data driven sports analysis through its proprietary ATLAS intelligence platform, with products spanning sports predictions, statistical research, player analysis, historical performance, and fantasy football decision support.
To learn more about Manny’s Variety Picks, visit the company’s official website at mannysvariety.com.
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