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  • NBA Basketball

Short Man Syndrome: The Advantage of Being Short in the NBA Dunk Contest

February 14, 2010
by harvardsports
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By Neil Curran Spud Webb over Dominique Wilkins. Jordan from the free throw line. Dwight Howard as Superman. The NBA Slam Dunk Contest is a place where legends are both made and made greater. It’s the appeal of the act itself:...

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  • NFL Football

The Loser’s Curse? Don’t Count On It

February 12, 2010
by harvardsports
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Is there evidence that losing the Super Bowl can be devastating for a franchise?

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  • NCAA Basketball

Putting Theories to the Test: Does Slow Tempo Aid NCAA Tournament Upsets?

February 11, 2010
by harvardsports
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By John Ezekowitz and Andrew Cohen The allure of March Madness is due in no small part to the complementary joys of filling out a bracket and first and second round upsets. America loves an underdog, and the first four days of...

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  • NCAA Basketball

Ivy League Hoops and Efficiency Margins

February 9, 2010
by harvardsports
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By John Ezekowitz One very effective statistical measure to analyze college basketball is Efficiency Margin. The concept behind EM, like a lot of the best stats, is sublimely simple: track how many points per possession teams...

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  • NFL Football

Part II: The NFL Wedge Ban & Its Effect on Kick Returns (Super Bowl Hype Edition)

February 2, 2010
by harvardsports
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By Jonathan Adler Earlier this season, I examined whether the NFL wedge blocking ban had meaningfully affected kickoff returns through the first eight games. (View November’s post) Back then, at the season’s midway point...

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  • Golf

The New Golf Math: Bringing the Stat Revolution to the PGA Tour

January 27, 2010
by harvardsports
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By John Ezekowitz While other sports such as baseball and basketball have had statistical revolutions over the past decade or so, golf has been stuck in the stats dark ages. Watch a PGA Tour broadcast and you will see the same...

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  • MLB Baseball

(Supplement to the) Guest Post on the LoHud Yankees Blog

January 24, 2010
by harvardsports
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By David Roher I wrote a guest post for the LoHud Yankees Blog that appears this morning. I’m very grateful to Chad Jennings and Sam Borden for giving me the opportunity to write a piece for the best beat blog in the...

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  • MLB Baseball

The Media, Mark McGwire, and Chew

January 12, 2010
by harvardsports
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By David Roher Mark McGwire may have taken steroids, but he didn’t get the mileage out of them that Mike Lupica has. Lupica benefited from the 1998 home run chase, publishing a book about it a few months after its...

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  • MLB Baseball

What Went Wrong with the Hall of Fame Vote

January 6, 2010
by harvardsports
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By David Roher It seems to me that most of the negative response to this afternoon’s Hall of Fame vote is going to be focused on Andre Dawson’s getting in, which is unfortunate. I wouldn’t have voted for him...

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  • NFL Football

Does Coach Age Predict Performance? (Yes, but be careful.)

December 28, 2009
by harvardsports
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By David Roher I’m introducing the Speed Limit Coaching Corollary. If the coach of your favorite team is older than 55, or if your team is about to hire someone who’s older than 55, there’s a good chance you...

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