Weekly Sports Analytics News Roundup – September 15, 2015

Football: FootballPerspective.com on The Greatest Field Goal Kickers Of All Time II, Parts I and II. Harvard Sports Analysis Collective on the Value of NFL Kickoffs. Wall St. Journal says Not All NFL Numbers Are Created Equal. AOL.com on Jaguars Owner/VP Tony Khan bringing a new outlook to sports. FiveThirtyEight.com previews AFC East, AFC North, AFC South and AFC West. NFLContractMetrics.com Projected Cap Percentage.

Baseball: FiveThirtyEight.com says Everyone’s Just Guessing About Matt Harvey’s Innings Limit. FanGraphs advises hitters: Quit Chopping Wood, Don’t Go for Backspin.

Basketball: BasketballAnalyticsBook.com Preliminary Investigation into Defensive Stretch.

College Basketball: Ken Pomeroy with Offense vs. Defense: Points per possession.

Tennis:  US Open 2015: Advanced Analytics In Tennis Takes A Minor Step Forward With IBM’s SlamTracker.

Your moment of R: First year R books. Sprinkle in a little bit of Python with the Python Cookbook.