by Chris Bruce With fantasy basketball nearing playoff time and fantasy baseball drafts in full swing, a thought occurred to our club: how much do these fantasy stats that people meticulously pore over actually relate to the real...
Category - NBA Basketball
by Evan Zepfel Each year, it seems that stadiums are getting bigger, more extravagant, and more expensive. But where does the money come from to build these massive monuments to professional sports? A significant portion of...
by Ben Blatt Of all the crazy things Ron Artest/Metta World Peace has done, one of the most notable is admitting to drinking during halftime up until the end of his 2002 season on the Bulls. Sure Gatorade may be the drink of...
by Andrew Mooney The post-Home Run Derby slump in baseball is well-documented; as the theory goes, a slugger’s power numbers decline on average after participating, whether due to bad swing habits picked up during the event or...
by Nick Jaroszewicz and Ben Blatt When the NBA Slam Dunk Contest was created in 1984 to be a part of the NBA All-Star Weekend it featured basketball legends Julius Erving and Clyde Drexler. The following year Michael Jordan...
This was post number four as part of the Harvard Sports Analysis Collective’s Linsanity Day. You can read the other posts here, here, here, or here. by Janet Song We’ve all heard about how Jeremy Lin was overlooked...
This was post number two as part of the Harvard Sports Analysis Collective’s Linsanity Day. You can read the other posts here, here, here, or here. by Harry Chiel and Ben Blatt In his meteoric rise over the past two...
This was post number one as part of the Harvard Sports Analysis Collective’s Linsanity Day. You can read the other posts here, here, here, or here. by Andrew Mooney On February 9th, John Hollinger’s Player Efficiency...
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 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...