The Harvard Sports Group posted an interesting tweet this evening Ridley, inactive on Sun due to fumbling: 9 fumbles in … More
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Are NHL teams playing for overtime after the league’s realignment?
In a previous post, I described how incentives for NHL teams to play overtime games against certain types of opponents … More
Here’s the real reason that officials in the Panthers Patriots game picked up the flag
What do the following plays have in common? The interference that wasn’t, 2013 regular season, Patriots vs. Panthers Obstruction, Game … More
An analytic look at the 2013-2014 NBA season
The 2013-2014 NBA season is here. Is your team ready to outperform its expectation? In this post, I aggregated several … More
Against the Spread Woes: Part 2
Originally posted on Stats in the Wild:
This post was written jointly by Michael Lopez (@StatsByLopez) and Gregory J. Matthews (@StatsInTheWild). In last…
Run at the top continues for Boston sports teams
After a Bruins loss to the Blackhawks in the Stanley Cup finals, I posted about how despite the recent string of … More
Obstructed view: Home bias & controversial calls in sports
What do the following plays have in common? Obstruction, Game 3 of the 2013 World Series, Red Sox vs. Cardinals … More
If you’ve used statistics websites for your 2013 NFL picks, you’ve been doing it wrong
It’s still relatively early in the NFL season, but signs point to this being one of the worst seasons ever … More
Selective endpoints and the using of statistics to tell your story
“There are lies, damned lies, and statistics”-Mark Twain There was an interesting post at sportsinsights.com earlier today, which looked at the … More
Additional notes on the NHL & overtime
The start of hockey season has some NHL teams up to their usual tricks. While the overall probability of overtime … More
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