Original Research & Criticism

Criticism

• Favre’s Not-So-Bad Interception
• Player Efficiency Ratings—A Bold ESPN Article Gets it Exactly Wrong
• Hidden Sources of Error—A Back-Handed Defense of Football Outsiders
• On Nate Silver on ESPN Umpire Study
• Applied Epistemology in Politics and the Playoffs
• A History of Hall of Fame QB-Coach Entanglement
• Yes ESPN, Professional Kickers are Big Fat Chokers
• UPDATE: Advanced NFL Stats Admits I Was Right. Sort Of.
• MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, Day 1: Recap and Thoughts
• Sports Geek Mecca: Recap and Thoughts, Part 1
• The Case Against the Case for Dennis Rodman: Initial Volleys

Research

• A Decade of Hot Teams in the Playoffs
• The Case for Dennis Rodman, Part 0/4—Outline
• Tiger Woods Needs to Need a Therapist (and Probably Does)
• The Case for Dennis Rodman, Part 1/4 (a)—Rodman v. Jordan
• The 1-15 Rams and the Salary Cap—Watch Me Crush My Own Hypothesis
• The Case for Dennis Rodman, Part 1/4 (b)—Defying the Laws of Nature
• The Case for Dennis Rodman, Part 1/4 (c)—Rodman v. Ancient History
• Graph of the Day: Rodman, Visualized—An Outlier in Motion
• Graph of the Day 2: NFL Regression—Descent Into Chaos
• Quantum Randy Moss—An Introduction to Entanglement
• Easy NFL Predictions, the SkyNet Way
• Yes ESPN, Professional Kickers are Big Fat Chokers
• The Case for Dennis Rodman, Part 2/4 (a)(i)—Player Valuation and Conventional Wisdom
• Graph of the Day: Nostalgia
• C.R.E.A.M. (Or, “How to Win a Championship in Any Sport”)
• The Case for Dennis Rodman, Part 2/4 (a)(ii)—Player Valuation and Unconventional Wisdom
• Graph of the Day: NBA Player Stats v. Team Differentials (Follow-Up)
• The Case for Dennis Rodman, Part 2/4 (b)—With or Without Worm
• The Case for Dennis Rodman, Part 3/4(a)—Just Win, Baby (in Histograms)
• The Case for Dennis Rodman, Part 3/4(b)—Rodman’s X-Factor
• The Case for Dennis Rodman, Part 3/4(c)—Beyond Margin of Victory
• The Case for Dennis Rodman, Part 3/4(d)—Endgame: Statistical Significance
• The Case for Dennis Rodman, Part 4/4(a): All-Hall?
• The Case for Dennis Rodman, Part 4/4(b): The Finale (Or, “Rodman v. Jordan 2”)
• Quick Take: Why Winning the NBA Draft Lottery Matters
• A Defense of Sudden Death Playoffs in Baseball
• Thoughts on the Packers Yardage Anomaly
• Stat Geek Smackdown 2012, Round 1: Odds and Ends
• Don’t Play Baseball With Bill Belichick