With Chartball, Andrew Garcia Phillips has visualized sports data for a while, publishing…
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Chartball is sports data visualized in a playful way
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Animated charts to show sports results
Krisztina Szűcs likes to make animated charts to show sports results, from fencing,…
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R packages useful for sports analytics
If you’re into R and analyzing sports data, you’ll want to save this…
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Calculating win probabilities
Zack Capozzi, for USA Lacrosse Magazine, explains how he calculates win probabilities pre-game…
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Figure skating animated jumps
Figure skater Nathan Chen set a world record with his performance in the…
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How sports owners pay less taxes than athletes
ProPublica continues their analysis of an anonymous dump of tax records, this time…
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Experience a soccer game through crowd noise
Sports visualization and analysis tends to focus on gameplay — where the players…
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Expected versus actual goals in the World Cup
Benjamin Pavard from France made a low-probability goal the other day. Seth Blanchard…
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Umpire strike zone changes to finish games earlier
When watching baseball on television, we get the benefit of seeing whether a…
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Roger Federer career in rankings and wins
Professional tennis player Roger Federer won his 20th Grand Slam title recently. He’s…
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Where athletes in professional sports come from
Sports are growing more international with respect to the athletes. Gregor Aisch, Kevin…
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Hidden oil patterns on bowling lanes
This explainer video by Vox on the oil patterns on bowling lanes was…
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The Warriors’ Championship Path
As expected, this time, the Golden State Warriors won the championship last night.…
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LeBron James passed Michael Jordan in playoff points
As a Golden State Warriors fan, I am obligated to dislike LeBron James,…
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Stephen Curry for MVP, because he makes his teammates better the most
The choice for Most Valuable Player in the NBA is only minimally about…
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Finding the biggest busts and steals from NBA drafts past
Picking basketball players for a professional team is no easy task. College and…
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Serena Williams, greatest of all time
Serena Williams, who plays tonight in the U.S. Open semifinal, might be the…
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NFL draft pick quality for your team
Despite what commentators and sports analysts might have you think, picking great players…
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NBA player career projections
Predictions for how NBA players will contribute to their teams, based on their own performance and history.
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Maps to understand tennis
Damien Saunder, a cartographer at ESRI, likes to use mapping methods to evaluate…
