By Julian Ryan The 2013 NBA Finals was one of the most exciting series in recent memory and came within one shot of going either way. It saw the San Antonio Spurs, boasting just two lottery picks in Tim Duncan and Kawhi Leonard...
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By Ty Aderhold Last year, HSAC looked at the readability of various sports writers using the Flesch-Kincaid formula, which outputs a value that represents the grade level of the writing. While the formula is only a very rough...
Now up on Advanced NFL Stats: Kurt Bullard takes a look at a couple late-game calls made by the Patriots and what it means when Win Probability and Expected Points suggest different decisions. This Sunday, the Patriots found...
By Kevin Meers Welcome, introductions, apologies Along with many others this baseball season, it has been my pleasure to participate as an eager member of the Corey Kluber Society (or, frequently, just “the Society”). The...
Now up on Advanced NFL Stats: Andrew Mooney examines the effect of playing a Thursday night game on the following week’s performance against the spread. Take a look: In struggling out of my bed at the witching hour of 8:00...
We are very happy to announce that we will be partnering with Advanced NFL Stats this football season, and that our first post was published there earlier today by Sam Waters: When the Pittsburgh Steelers traveled to Cleveland...
The following is the abstract from the paper “Using the NFL Gambling Market as an Alternative Asset Class” by Kevin Meers, Sam Waters, and Zack Wortman. Please find the full paper here. We will publish our projected...
Part II: Turning Weekly Performance into Seasonal Value by Sam Waters This is the second section of our guide to calculating player value in fantasy football. Each part will lay out a different aspect of the process. Part I is...
By Julian Ryan The Six Nations rugby tournament has established itself as the premier rugby competition in the northern hemisphere. Originally starting with the home nations of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland in 1883, the...
By Anthony Zonfrelli and Dmitri Ilushin This post can also be viewed on Deadspin here. Disney’s Hercules: the classic tale of the clumsy boy blessed with superhuman strength who fights to become a hero to rejoin his family on...