by David Roher What would motivate you to Google “referee?” Nothing good (unless you’re counting sexy bedroom role-play costumes, in which case, uh, nothing good). The above Google Trends graph (updated last...
by Andrew Mooney Hereās a look inside the final sequence of Sundayās wild 20-18 loss to the Cardinals. For my numbers, Iām making use of the Win Probability Calculator made available by advancednflstats.com. Specifically...
Inspired by the work of my economics professor Roland G. Fryer on the marginal effect of getting into one of the three premier exam high schools in New York City on academic achievement,Ā I decided to take a look at the effect on...
by Andrew Mooney For the last decade, the beginning of a new Patriots season has brought with it the realistic prospect of a Super Bowl in a few monthsā time. Much of the reason for thisāand one of the only things remaining...
by Theo Gerome Another player hit a milestone home run over the weekend. Adam Dunn became the third player this season to hit his 400th career home run on Saturday night. So this is a good time to look at Dunnās Hall of Fame...
by Ben Blatt A version of this post can be read in the Wall Street Journal here. Like all sports rivalries, picking a side in the Red Sox-Yankee rivalry is almost entirely geographic. Everyone knows as you drive through the...
Here are the final COSTAS medal standings, complete through the end of Olympic play on August 12. For an explanation of the methodology behind COSTAS, click here, and here for the COSTAS standings after the first week of the...
by Andrew Mooney Following the exploits of Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt in London, the word āgreatestā has been getting thrown around quite a bit. As with any time this word comes out, one has to question just how much of it...
By Andrew Mooney On Wednesday, the U.S. menās basketball team begins its gold medal defense in earnest as they square off against Australia in the quarterfinals, a contest the U.S. has been given 1/100 odds to win, according to...
by Andrew Mooney As promised, here are the COSTAS standings for the first week of Olympic competition. To learn more about how COSTAS is calculated and what it intends to measure, read my original post here. Medal figures are...