The FiveThirtyEight film “The Cowboys and the Indian,” which debuted last week, tells the story of A. Salam Qureishi, who brought computerized player analytics to the Dallas Cowboys in the 1960s. At the time, few other pro sports front offices used advanced statistics to make decisions about player acquisition and game management. By 2001, […]
Metals scientist Bruce S. Old contributed to the Manhattan Project, helped found the Office of Naval Research and advised several U.S. presidents. In his spare time, he brought a notebook to tennis matches and collected statistics for further analysis — “perhaps the most difficult task I ever undertook,” Old later wrote. Old, an avid player […]
Metals scientist Bruce S. Old contributed to the Manhattan Project, helped found the Office of Naval Research and advised several U.S. presidents. In his spare time, he brought a notebook to tennis matches and collected statistics for further analysis — “perhaps the most difficult task I ever undertook,” Old later wrote. Old, an avid player […]
