The best-paid athletes from 182 countries
For an upcoming story in The Mag, ESPN researched each country’s highest-paid athlete. Link
View ArticleWhich universities spend the most on sports?
Marginal Revolution’s Tyler Cowen lists the biggest athletic spenders, according to Charles Clotfelter’s new book. Link
View ArticleJQAS Volume 7 Issue 2
JQAS Volume 7 Issue 2: Check out Volume 7, Issue 2 of the Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports.
View ArticleClutch hitting and getting killed by a puck
Clutch hitting and getting killed by a puck: Meditations on clutch hitting skill, risk, and statistical significance, courtesy of Sabermetric Research’s Phil Birnbaum.
View ArticleWhich League Gives Last Place Teams the Most Hope for Improvement?
Which League Gives Last Place Teams the Most Hope for Improvement?: Part I and Part II of a series on the topic from There’s a Stat For That.
View ArticleGreat Sports Nicknames Are Disappearing
Great Sports Nicknames Are Disappearing: John Branch of the NY Times writes about the death of great nicknames.
View ArticlePlayoff Matchups by City in Professional Sports
Playoff Matchups by City in Professional Sports: Andrew McKillop of SportsDelve researched how many times pro sports teams from various cities played each other in the playoffs.
View ArticleAmateur Hour: Pre-Professional Success as a Predictor of Professional Success...
Amateur Hour: Pre-Professional Success as a Predictor of Professional Success in Football, Basketball and Baseball: Brian Furey of the Harvard College Sports Analysis Collective researched how draft...
View ArticlePlayoff Games/Series’ Appearances by City
Playoff Games/Series’ Appearances by City: Andrew McKillop of SportsDelve finds the cities whose teams have had the most playoff matchups.
View ArticleWhich Sport Is Best To Take A Date? A Sorta-Scientific Study
Which Sport Is Best To Take A Date? A Sorta-Scientific Study: Yes, statheads go on dates. And then we scientifically study the outcomes. (Well, the Postgame’s Martin Rogers did, at least.)
View ArticleHow underdogs can win
How underdogs can win: A New Yorker article from Malcolm Gladwell on the full-court press and other unconventional underdog strategies.
View ArticleMIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference Updates
MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference Updates: An update on the 2012 conference’s date & venue, plus 2012 conference news.
View ArticleHow Much v. How Well — Michael Jordan as “6th Man”?
How Much v. How Well — Michael Jordan as “6th Man”?: A quality-vs-quantity debate at The Sports Economist.
View ArticleWhen a Professional League Leaves a City Behind
When a Professional League Leaves a City Behind: With the Thrashers leaving Atlanta, SportsDelve’s Andrew McKillop found every instance of of a Big Four league team relocating.
View ArticleInterpreting regression interaction terms
Interpreting regression interaction terms: A primer from Phil Birnbaum at Sabermetric Research.
View ArticleHollywood Career-o-Matic
Hollywood Career-o-Matic: This is non-sports, but definitely data-driven… Christopher Beam and Jeremy Singer-Vine of Slate Magazine used Rotten Tomatoes data to create a Hollywood Career-o-Matic tool...
View ArticleCollege Nuggets from SportsDelve
College Nuggets from SportsDelve: A couple of cool lists from Andrew McKillop and SportsDelve: NCAA coaches who won a National Championship as a head coach & an assistant coach, and a list of...
View ArticleThink like a statistician – without the math
Think like a statistician – without the math: Some tips from Flowingdata.
View ArticleHow can we separate referee bias from other sources of home-field advantage?
How can we separate referee bias from other sources of home-field advantage?: That’s the question Phil Birnbaum asks at Sabermetric Research.
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