The best seasons by age on the PGA Tour
The best seasons by age on the PGA Tour: Some golf analysis from Ken Pomeroy.
View ArticleHow many majors will Rory McIlroy win?
How many majors will Rory McIlroy win?: Ken Pomeroy continues his golf research by looking at players who were successful at a young age (like McIlroy) and noting how many majors they went on to win.
View ArticleMost National Championships by School
Most National Championships by School: Andrew McKillop of SportsDelve gathered data on which schools have won the most NCAA/NAIA National Championships.
View ArticleU.S. Open golf: do the new stats help predict the winner?
U.S. Open golf: do the new stats help predict the winner?: Slate’s Michael Agger wrote a great “Moneygolf” series last year about new sabermetric golf stats, and now he uses them to preview the 2011...
View ArticleGeneral: Ultimate Team Rankings – All Sports
Ultimate Team Rankings – All Sports: Here’s the 2011 edition of ESPN’s annual Ultimate Standings, a fan-friendliness ranking of all teams in North America’s big 4 sports.
View ArticleGeneral: Boston’s Spoiled 7-Year-Olds – The Daily Fix – WSJ
Boston’s Spoiled 7-Year-Olds: At the WSJ Daily Fix, Carl Bialik looks at just how historically remarkable Boston’s decade has been.
View ArticleGeneral: National Championships by Sport
National Championships by Sport: From SportsDelve.com’s Andrew McKillop, a list of teams that have won the most NCAA/NAIA National Championships in each sport.
View ArticleGeneral: Chartball
General: Chartball: Check out this site that offers interactive charts and stat-based posters.
View ArticleGeneral: More NCAA/NAIA National Championship Data
More NCAA/NAIA National Championship Data: Andrew McKillop of SportsDelve looks at the most National Championships by state, and he has graciously released his database to the public.
View ArticleGolf: Rory’s great, but he’s no Tiger
Rory’s great, but he’s no Tiger: A quick note on the U.S. Open — if you re-frame par for each round to be the average course-wide score that day, Rory McIlroy was 22.5 strokes better than par...
View ArticleGolf: Relative Dominance – Rory McIlroy’s run at Congressional
Relative Dominance – Rory McIlroy’s run at Congressional: Grantland’s Bill Barnwell puts McIlroy’s 8-stroke victory in its proper historical perspective by ranking the top 20 Majors performances since...
View ArticleGeneral: Sports Analytics — Should Fans Care?
Sports Analytics — Should Fans Care?: At Analytic Football, Ben Alamar writes about whether analytics can enhance fan enjoyment in sports.
View ArticleFive percent significance is often too weak
Five percent significance is often too weak: Thoughts on significance testing from Sabermetric Research’s Phil Birnbaum.
View ArticleGeneral: Chuck Klosterman on Rock VORP
Chuck Klosterman on Rock VORP: Also from Grantland, a tongue-in-cheek attempt by Klosterman to quantify a rock star’s Value Over Replacement Musician.
View ArticleGolf: Predicting Rory
Predicting Rory: At The Sports Economist, Brian Goff tries to cut through the hyperbolic noise (positive now, negative in April) surrounding Rory McIlroy’s potential as a golfer.
View ArticleGeneral: Which sports do Democrats and Republicans like most?
Which sports do Democrats and Republicans like most?: A graphic from the National Journal showing the sports that skew toward each political party’s supporters, as well as the voter turnout of fans of...
View ArticleGeneral: The Stat Community Responds to Jonah Lehrer
The Stat Community Responds to Jonah Lehrer: Grantland’s Jonah Lehrer wrote an anti-sabermetrics article yesterday, and it was a big topic of discussion at BBTF, The Book Blog, Fangraphs, and Baseball...
View ArticleFootball: Analytic Football’s Lehrer Response & Survey on Future of Sports...
Analytic Football’s Lehrer Response & Survey on Future of Sports Analytics: A great response to the Lehrer piece from Ben Alamar of Analytic Football. Alamar also has a survey about the future of...
View ArticleGeneral: Non-Sports Expert Journalist wades into Sports Analysis, with...
Non-Sports Expert Journalist wades into Sports Analysis, with predictable results: Another take on Lehrer’s article, this time from Gabe Desjardins of Arctic Ice Hockey.
View ArticleGeneral: Sabermetrics — Hatred of numbers comes to business and politics
Sabermetrics — Hatred of numbers comes to business and politics: Slate’s Josh Levin posts a list of non-sports “quotes” that express the same anti-stats sentiment as we’ve seen from the likes of Jonah...
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