Harvard University (Science Center) – Cambridge, Massachusetts Saturday, September 24, 2011 The 2011 New England Symposium on Statistics in Sports (NESSIS) will be a meeting of statisticians and quantitative analysts...
by Ben Blatt In January, John published on our HSAC blog ‘Momentum in College Basketball: Do Late Rallies Carry Over to Overtime?’. As you can probably tell by the title of this post, I was inspired by his research...
By Alex Koenig The last time a pitcher and a batter on opposing teams in the same city faced each other in the midst of seasons as good as the oneâs LA Dodgersâ Centerfield Matt Kemp and LA Angels of Anaheimâ Pitcher Jered...
By Alex Koenig, Tyler Gamble and Michael Owen Twenty-two years ago, legendary Wolverines football coach turned Athletic Director Bo Schembechler gave a press conference that created one of most overused and ambiguous terms in...
by Andrew Mooney For a general manager of a professional sports team, dealing with legally wayward athletes can be one of the thorniest aspects of the job. How does one evaluate âcharacter issuesââusually, past legal...
by Ben Blatt (You can also read the results from this post in the Wall Street Journal here) Every year thousands of baseball fans take long multi-city road trips to ballparks across the nation. When planning such a road trip, a...
by Kevin Meers On draft day, every team gets a powerful gift: hope. Each team can hope that the guy they got is going to take a franchise to new heights, bring home Superbowl trophies, and more glory than they can imagine. Every...
By Brian Furey It is often taken for granted that superstar college and amateur athletes will continue on to professional greatness. Clearly this is not always the case. Sports fans every year witness innumerable flops and...
By John Ezekowitz Each March, college basketball fans looking for help in filling out their NCAA Tournament brackets can go one of two ways: the quantitative, algorithmic route used effectively by sites like Ken Pomeroy and...
by Bobby Samuels Playing golf in Utah is quite the ego boost. A 270-yard drive suddenly becomes 300 yards. That 150-yard approach shot? All you need now is a pitching wedge. Of course, the explanation behind this phenomenon is...