Weekly Sports Analytics News Roundup – October 6, 2015
Football: The New York Times point out that N.F.L. Announcers Are Bad at Math, Too. The Wall St. Journal, via Kevin Snyder
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Football: The New York Times point out that N.F.L. Announcers Are Bad at Math, Too. The Wall St. Journal, via Kevin Snyder
Read MoreFootball: ThePowerRank.com offers The football analytics resource guide – the top 7 killer articles. FiveThirtyEight.com explains Why Aren’t The Best Teams In
Read MoreSam Monson at Pro Football Focus wrote an article on Why The Bengals Are The Real Deal. Basically, Geno Atkins
Read MoreFootball: Wall St. Journal – Steelers Opt for Two-Point Conversions, Elating Stats Geeks. StatsByLopez blog post on Discretionary penalties in the NFL.
Read MoreFootball: FootballPerspective.com on The Greatest Field Goal Kickers Of All Time II, Parts I and II. Harvard Sports Analysis Collective on the Value
Read MoreFootball: The Data Game on the cost of a rushing yard in the NFL. BCFToys.com with Drive Results by Starting Field
Read MoreFiveThirtyEight.com is publishing their NFL Divisional Previews. In the NFC North preview, there is a chart that shows how much
Read MorePerformance improvement: Bleacher Report article on how Preseason ACL Injuries Can Be Drastically Reduced. Competitive balance: Forbes article on whether competitive
Read MorePerformance improvement: WaPo on using analytics in the pursuit of injury prevention. Wall Street Journal on College Football’s New Statistic: Sleep.
Read MoreIn my never ending quest to learn R, I have found some more tools to help me. There is an
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