I’ve long had my eye out for intriguing papers that cover my two favorite areas of research, causal inference and … More

Over the years, there have been several ‘draft curves’ put together in each of the four major North American sports. … More

No one wants to read about Patriots fumble rates, and I don’t want to write about Patriots fumble rates. But I … More

As part of their final assignment in my statistics and sports class, students were tasked with looking at the home advantage … More

NHL Game 7’s are awesome, and in the next two days, we get two such contests – Dallas vs. St. Louis … More

A few days back, I summarized recent research on the NFL draft. One interesting anecdote was the reliance of nearly all NFL draft … More

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

In probability class, one of the most frequently cited examples is the birthday problem: Given a class of N students, what is the … More

During Tuesday’s Game 4 between St. Louis and Chicago, a fracas in the Blackhawks end led a strange series of events. … More