Posted by Andy McGeady on March 22, 2016 · 1 Comment
Does the biggest analytics-fest of them all need to sharpen its claws?
Posted by Andy McGeady on March 6, 2016 · Leave a Comment
From Dublin to Boston for the 2016 Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. There will be nerding.
Category Sport · Tags Boston, MLB, NBA, NFL, nhl, Sloan, Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, Soccer, sports analytics, SSAC16, stats
Posted by Andy McGeady on March 8, 2015 · 2 Comments
The second part. Kirk Goldsberry on breaking the game he loves and the NHL's Brian Burke on, well, everything. And some final thoughts on how Sloan is changing.
Posted by Andy McGeady on March 4, 2015 · 3 Comments
As promised. And it is indeed stupidly long. This is just part one. Grab a cuppa, settle in. It's time to Sloan.
Category Sport · Tags #ssac15, chris anderson, daryl morey, Edward Tufte, michael lewis, michael niemeyer, Opta, shane battier, Sloan, Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, stats
Posted by Andy McGeady on April 16, 2014 · 9 Comments
I caught up with Mark Broadie, creator of the Strokes Gained Putting statistic in use on the PGA Tour, in a feature for the Irish Examiner.
Posted by Andy McGeady on March 20, 2014 · 1 Comment
A chat with the Second Captains about stats in sport
Posted by Andy McGeady on March 1, 2014 · 2 Comments
A look back at Day 2 of the 2014 Sloan Sports Analytics Conference
Posted by Andy McGeady on February 28, 2014 · 2 Comments
A note from Day 1 of the 2014 Sloan Sports Analytics Conference in Boston
Posted by Andy McGeady on April 21, 2013 · 5 Comments
A feature on the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference for the Irish Examiner.