Live from the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference in Boston (hosted by MIT) About to hear and see a panel with the 44th President of the United States Barack Obama! Curious to know what he will be discussing, especially at a conference specific for sports analytics.
A Sense of Belonging It's been about 9 days since the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida that claimed the 17 lives shown in the photo for this post and if there is
Recap of 2017 NFL Season and Super Bowl LII Summing up an entire NFL season is awfully hard to do in one post. The best place to start is what makes headlines: conflict. As is typical in any football season, there are
Super Bowl LII Prediction The moment we have been waiting for ... the time to analyze the biggest game of the year! SUPER BOWL LII! Will the Philadelphia Eagles earn its first Super Bowl title or will the
The Mathematical Pattern Behind the New England Patriots Super Bowls As the New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles embark on their journey to frigid Minnesota for Super Bowl LII, there will be several story lines dominating the sports headlines such as "Dynasty
NFL Conference Championship Predictions (2017) The time has come ... time to determine which two of the four remaining NFL playoff teams will travel to Minnesota for Super Bowl LII. One thing we know for certain is that the
Divisional Wrap Up & Initial Thoughts about Conference Championships WOW ... that is the first word that comes to mind after watching the end of the Minnesota - New Orleans game, capping an exciting weekend of football. Except for the New England -
NFL Divisional Playoffs Predictions (2017) OK, time to talk about the 8 remaining teams vying for the Lombardi Trophy! We have lots of quality teams playing this weekend with some of the more popular teams in the prime
Wild Card Wrap Up & Initial Thoughts about Divisional Round Wild card weekend for the NFL was precisely that for a couple of the games: WILD! The ending of the KC game was bizarre and the Saints - Panthers game provided the entertainment
2017 NFL Playoff Predictions (all 11 games) Wild Card playoffs start in about an hour and we already have published our Wild Card round picks in an earlier post. What we haven't published yet is how the whole NFL playoffs
NFL Wild Card Playoffs Predictions (2017) With another NFL regular season in the books, we now turn our attention to the other season that gets us football fans excited: PLAYOFFS! This year we have several newcomers who haven't been
Early Mexico World Cup Preview With the World Cup draw behind us, it is that time of year where fans look at their World Cup chances. United States fans, let me make this easy for you: zero. Italy
Week Super Five Picks - Week 14 We are sticking with the Borat photos given that we finally had our first perfect week and Borat was the featured image last week! 5-0! Great success! It is nice and we like!
Week Super Five Picks - Week 13 Very simple. Here are the five teams we like today. Minnesota -2.5 Miami +1.5 Green Bay +1.5 New Orleans -3 Seattle +6 Going with dogs this week. Green Bay line
Week Super Five Picks - Week 12 So we already have two games in our Super Five that have already been played: Minnesota @ Detroit & LA Chagers @ Dallas. We took Detroit and the LA Chargers so we are 1-1. You
Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Football Predictions - 2017 One of my favorite holidays is upon us: Thanksgiving! Besides for family and great food (which everyone should enjoy even if you're not fond of your family or great food), Thanksgiving is not
CFP Heisman Race Gets Interesting! And this guy is leading the Heisman race?! He did apologize so I will give him credit for that but I bet you if Bryce Love did that, his Heisman chances would be
NFL Super Five Picks - Week 11 Sorry for the poor advice last week. 1-4 is awful and we are better than that. Not to make excuses but last week was unusual with several birthdays in my family including my
Yay or Nay Week 10 Yay or Nay Week 10: After a two week break we are back to make our fantasy football predictions. In case you forgot this is not a typical start/sit column but more
Super Five Picks - Week 10 Hopefully you have been heeding our advice the last three weeks. Even though we pretty much have broken even on all games, we are 10-4-1 with the Super Five selections. 4-1 last week!
USMNT What Happened To the USMNT? I’d Like to Preface this by saying: I am not a fan of the United States Men’s National Team. I root for Mexico in every sense. That being said, what happened
NFL Next NFL Commissioner? As the National Football League (NFL) hits the midseason mark, one cannot help but notice the two glaring issues hurting the NFL's ratings: the national anthem protests and domestic abuse by NFL players.
Week Super Five Picks - Week 9 We will have to make this quick as the game swill start in a couple of hours. For the season, here is how we are doing. Super Five: 17-20-3 Against the Spread (all
DFS DFS Lineups for Week 8 Hopefully you heeded our advice last week by taking a Cowboys stack. Dak and Zeke were awesome and Dez did fine too. So who do we like for this week? This time there
NFL Super Five Picks - Week 8 Last week was profitable! 3-1-1! Let's keep it rolling! For the season, here is how we are doing. Super Five: 14-18-3 Against the Spread (all games): 53-50-3 Straight Up: 65-41 Over/Under: 50-53-3