By John Ezekowitz College basketball players and teams are endlessly compared to one another. Putting context to our observations is a vital part of what we do not only as hoops fans, but also in our everyday lives. Of course...
Shira Springer has a great piece in today’s Boston Globe Magazine about John and the sports analytics industry. Check it out! Share this:TwitterFacebookRedditLinkedInEmailLike this:Like Loading...
By Ari Rubin One of the key points of contention in NFL’s collective-bargaining has been the issue of an extended, 18-game season. While owners would like to see the increased revenue of two extra weeks, players worry about the...
Today’s issue of Yahoo’s new online sports magazine, ThePostGame, features a story by Ben Cohen entitled “Moneyball 2.0: Students In Harvard Club Prep To Be Sports GMs.” Thanks to Ben for writing a great...
By John Ezekowitz Effective Field Goal Percentage. Turnover Percentage. Offensive Rebounding Rate. Free Throw Rate. Ever since Dean Oliver posited these statistics as the most important for explaining how teams score and defend...
By David Roher Transcript, compiled by watching this Youtube video: KENNY: Well, we seen a lot of dunks over the dunk…over the great dunk contest, look at this panel, this esteemed panel, that was sitting here, and we’ve...
by Ben Blatt Perhaps the NBA was hoping for something out of a Larry Bird versus Michael Jordan McDonalds commercial when it debuted the NBA H-O-R-S-E competition two years ago. Instead, they got an excruciatingly slow paced game...
By David Roher Watson closed the pod bay door on Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter last night, bringing the IBM robot’s 2-game Jeopardy total to over $77,000. Humans are still the kings of awful robot-pop-culture references...
By Arjun Modi and Daniel Adler Going into this past weekend, two Ohio basketball teams were streaking, but within just 24 hours, both streaks were over. On Friday evening, the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 26 game losing streak...
By Daniel Granoff Two thirds of the way into the NHL season, the Los Angeles Kings are in last place in their division, on the outside of the playoff picture looking in. They were darlings of the preseason rankings and several...