No one wants to read about Patriots fumble rates, and I don’t want to write about Patriots fumble rates. But I … More
Month: May 2016
On soccer’s declining home field advantage
As part of their final assignment in my statistics and sports class, students were tasked with looking at the home advantage … More
It’s time for Game 7’s. What can we expect?
NHL Game 7’s are awesome, and in the next two days, we get two such contests – Dallas vs. St. Louis … More
Approximate value and the NFL draft
A few days back, I summarized recent research on the NFL draft. One interesting anecdote was the reliance of nearly all NFL draft … More
The NFL draft – where we stand in 2016
Another NFL draft has come and gone, and with it has come the predictable displays of unyielding optimism, stale and arguably race-based generalizations of player … More