By Andrew Puopolo Last week, I wrote a piece about parity in the NFL. Many of the comments on that article claimed that since 5 out of the 6 NFC playoff teams differed from a year ago, there was plenty of parity in the NFL...
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2017: A (Somewhat) Statistical Review
By Danny Blumenthal and Andrew Puopolo As 2017 comes to an end, we look back at the milestones and moments that made this sports year memorable, and also some weird moments that made it unique. NFL Football 1.) The New England...
By Henry Johnson Referee bias is the rare subject on which painted-up fans and bespectacled statisticians seem to agree. In study after study, in sport after sport, referees are shown to exhibit favoritism toward the home...
By Andrew Puopolo Major North American sports leagues suffer from a competitive imbalance, where teams from bigger cities like New York and Los Angeles have traditionally had more success than teams from small cities like...
By Benedict Brady NBA players come into the league at different ages based on how many years of college they complete. At younger ages they are generally more athletic, while at older ages they tend to get slower and craftier. It...
By Brendan Kent I’ll start with a full disclosure: I’m a biased Oregonian who believes that the Lillard-McCollum 2020 ticket is America’s best hope for a brighter tomorrow. That being said, I think a number of neutrals...
file | Play in new windowBy Benedict Brady As a league, the NBA is well-known for its innovation and adaptation to new trends. No trend currently embodies this idea as much as the focus on small-ball. Small-ball is a hard...
By Andrew Puopolo In the past couple of years, there has been increased debate over who the greatest NBA player of all time is. Lebron’s win over the 73-9 Warriors in 2016 gave him a huge boost in the GOAT debate that had...
By Austin Tymins On April 9, Russell Westbrook broke Oscar Robertson’s purportedly-unbreakable regular season record of 41 triple doubles against the Denver Nuggets. Some have called the feat arbitrary while others say it is...
By Robert Feinberg The ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus once said that change is the only constant in life. While his teaching is from thousands of years ago, it can easily be applied to the rules of modern day sports. Rules...