Hear the story about the Michigan State bettor who could win 1 million dollars? Read on.

If you’ve clicked on a sports website in the past week, you’ve probably read an article about a bettor in line … More

Measuring responses to incentives in the National Hockey League using in-game behavioral modifications

When the NHL changed its point system (PS) after each of the 1999 and 2004 seasons, initially adding a point for overtime … More

One of my favorite NFL studies (Smith et al, 1996, with several follow-ups) looks at the results of night contests in … More

It’s that time of year again, and while you can go to just about any media outlet for March Madness … More

Last offseason, officials from the National Hockey League met to discuss possible ways to limit the number of contests decided by … More

A few weeks back, folks in the Harvard Sports Analysis Collective (HSAC) looked at the shooting rates of NBA players … More

Ample literature has gone into what teachers should do on the first day of class. Should they do an ice-breaker? Dive … More

My recent article for FiveThirtyEight on QBR segmentation using density curves apparently had one big missing component, and his name is Tim … More

A few months ago, my friend & writer Noah Davis asked me a question that was bothering him. I’ll paraphrase, but this … More

In the wake of Sunday’s disappointing effort against Indianapolis, several scribes were quick to the task to either (i) degrade … More