BOSTON — NBA commissioner Adam Silver along with Nate Silver of ESPN’s FiveThirtyEight held a one-on-one discussion Friday at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference where they chatted — among many topics — about why analytics is woven into the fabric of the NBA arguably more than other U.S. professional sports leagues right now. Silver first […]
Nate Silver, best known as the founder of FiveThirtyEight, is recognized as a statistical mastermind and the leader in the field of data journalism. Silver originally used his statistical genius for baseball, but eventually thrust himself into the political realm. Now, Silver runs FiveThirtyEight, which has expanded into a major resource for sports analytics. Initially, […]
If you aren’t glued to Data Journalism Digest, there’s a 22.89% chance you missed the re-launch of FiveThirtyEight.com on Monday. Nate Silver’s data journalism driven blog that was once housed by the New York times has expanded quite a bit and made the move to ESPN. 538’s advanced data reporting ranges from sabermetrics to politics (the blog […]
Numbers.
Statistics.
Analytics.
Sports fans possess an obsession over numbers beyond the box score like never before. Stats represent the only quantifiable metric to justify any sports debate. When the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference grows in attendance each and every year, this event shows the breakthroughs and fascination within numerical research. Even ESPN has attempted to bring this interest to the mainstream with a show like Numbers Never Lie.
Nate Silver has changed the way people look at sports and politics (Ian Hill/Thinkstock/Penguin)
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