Seven years ago, a couple of economists from Ivy League schools dropped a study on the NBA's head saying that its…
Here's a chart by Houston Rockets analyst Ed Kupfer (you might remember him from that NBA strength of schedule chart…
Since the Nagano Olympics in 1998, NHL players have played Olympic hockey, and NHL coaches have bitched about NHL…
Baseball umpires are not immune to psychological biases, and it's an old adage of baseball commentating that strike…
"A Data-driven Method for In-game Decision Making in MLB" is easily the worst title of the eight Sloan paper…
For the past few years, Mike Trout has been the biggest steal in sports. He's had two otherworldly seasons, and he's…
After the usual agonizing about who's winning the Olympics—Do you use medal count or gold count? What about…
The concerns over head trauma have been splashed across the front pages of newspapers and magazines for the past…
When Danny Granger woke up yesterday, he played for the Pacers (41-13), one of the best teams in the NBA. By the end…
Originally published on Mode Analytics.
In 1975, Dr. Sam Peltzman hypothesized that more automobile safety regulations lead to offsetting behavior by…
In a recent Card Player article on the importance of keeping costs down while playing on the tournament circuit,…
Originally published on Baseball Prospectus
From a piece on the Iowa and Iowa State ADs' opposition to athlete unionization comes this doozy from Iowa's Gary…
Equipment can be a funny thing in sports, as we've seen with the ongoing Under Armor race suit debacle. But that's…
On Wednesday, our Jingometer started tracking how often NBC was mentioning the U.S./USA/America/Americans/United…
The U.S. has sucked something fierce in speed skating so far at Sochi. Through more than half of its races, Team USA…
Nielsen released its annual "Year in Sports Media Report" last week, a fascinating look into who consumed sports in…
Mark Cuban is an ideas man, and he's got a hell of an idea. In late November, Cuban announced that he had asked the…