How did the Chicago Cubs have the best team ERA in baseball during the 2016 regular season? The easy answer is to just take a look at its starting rotation, but off the diamond, the answer might also lie in the club’s use of big data. With the World Series knotted at one game apiece […]
MLB Advanced Media and New Relic Inc. recently announced a partnership to host a hackathon competition called the Bases Coded Technology Challenge. The hackathon will take place during the MLB playoffs, and they are currently accepting team applications for the chance to design a new consumer-facing baseball-themed app. MLBAM, MLB’s digital media branch, began running […]
Data and analytics have become a sexy topic in the era of “Moneyball”. Teams and leagues everywhere are finding ways to revamp their organizations with the use of data-first mindsets. The NBA is the latest example with their newly announced Hackathon where engineers, statisticians and data scientists can come together and compete for who can come up […]
Twice, Maggie Hogan’s Olympic dream was cut short. At the age of 26, despite discovering the world of competitive paddling relatively late, Hogan managed to experience some early success. After a little more than three years with a paddle in her hands, Hogan found herself in position to vie for a crack at the 2008 […]
Euroleague Basketball is putting in work to improve fan engagement and deliver more to its audience. They are teaming up with baresquare, a digital analytics company, to track data and evaluate online activity of the last Euroleague season. Euroleague hopes that by looking into the fan’s engagement during season, they can create better and more streamlined […]
