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Dorkapalooza 2010: Sloan Sports Analytics Conference Recap #ssac

Written by Amanda Rykoff on March 7, 2010 - 0 Comments
Categories: Baseball, Basketball, Fantasy Sports, Football, Sports, Tale of the Tweets

It’s over. One of the great sports gatherings of the year has come to an end. The winter baseball meetings? No, that happened months ago. The NCAA tournament selection committee? That’s next week. The NFL Draft? Next month. The giant inflatable beavers of Vancouver? Excellent guess, but no. I’m talking about the 2010 MIT Sloan [...]

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It’s All About the Data: Bloomberg Sports Launch Event Recap

Written by Amanda Rykoff on February 5, 2010 - 3 Comments
Categories: Baseball, Fantasy Baseball, Fantasy Sports, Sports, Tale of the Tweets

Ah, data. No, this hasn’t turned into a Star Trek The Next Generation blog post. Data is the lifeblood of sports. And as data and analytics have become increasingly important in sports fields and arenas, of course it’s becoming big business. Enter Bloomberg. Yes, that Bloomberg. The same Bloomberg that changed the financial analysis game [...]

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Seriously. DeAngelo Williams will haunt me in fantasy football until the day I die.

Written by Amanda Rykoff on November 8, 2009 - 0 Comments
Categories: Fantasy Football, Football, Rants and Whines

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Survival of the Fittest NFL Style (or Why Can't Every Team Play the Rams Each Week?)

Written by Amanda Rykoff on November 7, 2009 - 4 Comments
Categories: Entertainment Purposes Only, Fantasy Football, Football, Sports

For entertainment purposes only, I’ll be updating my survivor picks here every week. The rules are simple. Pick a team to win each week. If they win, move on to the next week. Of course you can’t pick the same team twice in the same regular season. None of this two-tier nonsense. One and done.
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