Sports

Deconstructing the common characteristics of winning organizations. Also, can you ‘buy’ championships? — Congratulations! You’ve just been hired as General Manager and President of Basketball Operations at [insert your favorite NBA team]. Your team is a couple games above .500 at the All-Star Break. Do you have a realistic shot at winning it all? …

Are you? Time Poor or, overwhelmed by how much is on the internet and not sure where to go for your coaching? Then please keep reading. Hypothetically It’s almost lunchtime at work and you have practice in the afternoon with your team and you haven’t planned practice yet. Thanks of course to the work deadline, the…

The daily fight or flight. It’s been a little over two years since I decided to get into the online world of sports media. I was searching for community, friendship, and intelligent conversation about a topic that I was extremely passionate about — The NFL. It started out pretty slow…

My goal here is to detail my implementation of an expected goals (xG) model. If you are unfamiliar with expected goals, hopefully this is insightful. If you are an expert, hopefully you can leave me feedback. The full code can be found here. From a high level, xG is a…

Glamour combined with racing After three weeks and a canceled race, the 2023 F1 season traveled to the streets of Monte Carlo. One of the oldest races of the sport, in one form or another, races had been held in Monaco for nearly eight decades now, and the challenging street…

Easter Island, otherwise known as Rapa Nui, had one city before the arrival of Europeans. It was Orongo. In its ruins, a mysterious representation of a man-bird is repeated. Rapa Nui is literally on the other side of the world — from Europe’s point of view. The small island in…

2022 TPB Spring Writing Tournament — Encore! — A year ago, I embarked on a thrilling journey as a participant in my inaugural writing tournament. With each passing round, the stakes grew higher, and anticipation reached a fever pitch as the semi-finals approached. …

Quantifying Pressing Effectiveness in Football with A Novel Metric Revealing the Trade-off Between Ball Recovery and Defensive Structure Introduction The introduction of the research paper highlights the importance of pressing in football defense and its impact on a team’s success. Effective pressing can disrupt opponents’ play, but it also poses risks…

“White Man Can’t Jump” — The last thing people want after a hard day’s work is to think. Hence why ESPN stopped broadcasting sports analysis. Despite ESPN only living up to the entertainment part of their name, we don’t blame them for milking in on this cash cow. Some may be annoyed at this brain-dead…