By Erik Johnsson In just a few days, some of the best teams in college basketball will compete in one of the country’s most storied annual sporting events: March Madness. From humble beginnings, the “Big Dance” grew from...
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By Jack Schroeder While most people only hear about the sport once every four years, College Curling has grown rapidly over the past decade, now encompassing over forty schools across the country. The quality of...
By Matty Cheng Some believe that dating a celebrity could affect athletic performance, whether due to the actual relationship or the media and paparazzi that come with dating a celebrity. Given the explosion of...
By Matty Cheng There used to a loose ‘rule’ in the NBA: “first team to 100 points wins the game.” Some call it Lawler’s Law after the Los Angeles Clippers broadcaster Ralph Lawler who theorized that the...
By Frank Zhu When MRI scans in September showed Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani would need Tommy John surgery, it was the final blow to an Angels team that had seen injuries derail their hot start which saw them leading the...
By Erik Johnsson A couple weeks ago, while I was watching James Harden lead the Houston Rockets to a stunning overtime victory over the Golden State Warriors, I was curious to see how the highly-popular ELO and CARMELO models at...
By Andrew Puopolo This weekend marks the 3rd Round of the Football Association Cup, the oldest and most prestigious domestic cup competition in the entire world. Every year, amateur and professional teams from across England...
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2018: A (Somewhat) Statistical Year in Review
By Danny Blumenthal and Andrew Puopolo As 2018 comes to a close, take a look back at the moments that made this sports year unforgettable. What were your favorite sports memories from 2018? Let us know in the comments. NFL...
By Andrew Puopolo On Monday, I took a look at players’ finishing abilities based on chance quality, but wanted to write a second article to dive deeper into this. Recently, I was watching my beloved Tottenham Hotspur take...
By Andrew Puopolo Ever since expected goals became the most mainstream advanced metric in soccer, much has been made of the difference between expected goals and actual goals. At first, it was believed that players who...