Welcome to the latest episode of Hot Takedown, our podcast where the hot sports takes of the week meet the numbers that prove them right or tear them down. On this week’s show (Oct. 13, 2015), we have another edition of “Stat School” — in which resident expert Neil Paine teaches us the basics of […]
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 […]
With each click and drag of a mouse, young soccer fanatics are creating the building blocks of the advanced stats that are changing how the sport is played, watched and analyzed. Opta and Prozone are among the companies that have taken soccer stats far beyond goals and saves, into the realm of pass completion percentage, defensive touches, […]
With each click and drag of a mouse, young soccer fanatics are creating the building blocks of the advanced stats that are changing how the sport is played, watched and analyzed. Opta and Prozone are among the companies that have taken soccer stats far beyond goals and saves, into the realm of pass completion percentage, defensive touches, […]
