Football players are getting bigger. Noah Veltman, a developer for the WNYC Data…
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NFL players getting bigger
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Bracket picks of the masses versus sports pundits
Stephen Pettigrew and Reuben Fischer-Baum, for Regressing, compared 11 million brackets on ESPN.com…
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NBA passing dynamics
With player tracking installed in all of the NBA arenas, the sports analytics…
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Gambling data as a proxy for excitement in sports
After he noticed gambling odds fluctuate wildly at the end of a football…
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Cherry picking years for random sports statements
When you watch sports, it can sometimes feel like the stat guy pulls…
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Degrees of separation between athletes from different sports
You’ve probably heard of the six degrees of Kevin Bacon. The idea is…
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Quarterback streaks →
Mike Bostock, Shan Carter, and Kevin Quealy for The New York Times explore…
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Where NFL quarterbacks throw
Kirk Goldsberry, known for his basketball analysis and shot charts, has applied his…
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An analysis after watching a year’s worth of SportsCenter
Patrick Burns for Deadspin watched 23,000 minutes of SportsCenter, keeping track of the…
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Soccer assists mapped
Using Opta data for assists in the Premier League, Kickdex made this straightforward…
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Super Bowl ad costs vs. company profit during game
Ritchie King for Quartz compared money spent on Super Bowl ads — now…
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March Madness power rankings
With NCAA March Madness in full swing, the basketball graphics are out in…
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Generative art portrays beauty in movement
Heading towards the 2012 Olympics in London, Quayola and Memo Aktenvia translate athletic…
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Geography of the basketball court
Kirk Goldsberry, an assistant professor of geography at Michigan State, applies his skills…
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Dynamic run paintings with Nike+
Personal data collection can be a tough sell at times, but with the…
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Why sports statisticians should be more involved in games
Hot off the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, Sean Gregory argues for more…