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A Brief But Amusing Math Lesson From Kyle Lowry And DeMar DeRozanThe Toronto Raptors played in London last week. During a post-practice media scrum, shooting guard DeMar DeRozan was asked asked about his strong offensive performances in the previous two games he’d played in London. That’s when a hum-drum interview suddenly became very entertaining....

Don't Be Terrible, Be Good, And Win: How To Pitch, According To Fox Game Of The Week Scouting ReportsOriginally published in Baseball Prospectus....

Bill Simmons, Malcolm Gladwell, And The Dirty Secret Of The MIT Sports Analytics ConferenceThe Joke That Started It All Shortly after 9 a.m. Friday, in a big gray conference room in a big gray convention center, 1,500 people—mostly white, mostly male, mostly clad in business suits—roar with laughter. Jeff Van Gundy, the former Knicks and Rockets coach and current ESPN analyst, has just cr...