Past Conferences

The 19th Annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference

Mar 7

Mar 8, 2025

Hynes Convention Center

Top Speakers

2025

Top Events

2025

'The Deal' featuring David Blitzer hosted by Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly

The NCAA’s Newest Power Players: The Rise of the GM

Building Sports Empires with an Entrepreneurial Edge: Michele Kang and Gerry Cardinale

Top Papers

2025

2024

The 18th Annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference

Mar 1

Mar 2, 2024

Boston Convention and Exhibition Center

Top Speakers

2024

Top Events

2024

Beyond the Pitch: Transforming Soccer Through Advanced Analytics

Winning With AI: The Future of AI in Sports

Evolution of Basketball Analytics: 20 Years of Nerds, Data, & Efficiency

Top Papers

2024

2023

The 17th Annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference

Mar 3

Mar 4, 2023

Hynes Convention Center

Top Speakers

2023

Top Events

2023

The Chess Renaissance: Modern Challenges for an Ancient Game

Player Power - Building Businesses by Empowering Athletes presented by Wasserman Foundation

Performance Under Pressure

Top Papers

2023

2022

The 16th Annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference

Mar 4

Mar 5, 2022

Hynes Convention Center

Top Speakers

2022

Top Events

2022

Transgender Athletes: A Conversation led by Malcolm Gladwell on Data and Participation Policy

Disrupting, Reimagining, & Crushing It!: A Conversation with Michael Rubin and Gary V

How to Win at Sports Betting: Building Models and Pricing Odds with Data Science Presented by FanDuel

Workshops

Top Papers

2022

2021

The 15th Annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference

Apr 8

Apr 9, 2021

Virtual

Top Speakers

2021

Top Events

2021

Outwit, Outplay, Outlast: Survivor Analytics

A conversation with Andrew Yang and Nate Silver

A Conversation with Mark Cuban and Andy Slavitt

Top Papers

2021

2020

The 14th Annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference

Mar 6

Mar 7, 2020

Boston Convention and Exhibition Center

Top Speakers

2020

Top Events

2020

Game (Show) Theory: An Omnibus Conversation with Jeopardy GOAT Ken Jennings and Nate Silver

Moneyball To Homerball With Bill James and Tom Tango

A New Arena: Careers After Sports

Top Papers

2020

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Programme Director, British Cycling

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2017-conference

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Mike Maughan

Head of Global Insights, Qualtrics

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2019-conference

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Brian Russell

Founder/CEO, Zephyr Technologies; VP, Business Development, Medtronic

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2015-conference

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Chief Business Officer, LA28

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Jalen Rose

Analyst, ESPN

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2018-conference

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Michael Bantom

Executive Vice President, Referee Operations, National Basketball Association

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2014-conference

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Caleb Weinstein

Director for Sport, Media, & Entertainment Google Cloud

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2020-conference

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Robert Stavins

Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government, Harvard University

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2012-conference

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Kelly Cheeseman

Chief Operating Officer, Los Angeles Kings and AEG Sports

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2016-conference,2015-conference

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Mike Shane

Chief Business Officer Comcast Spectacor

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2020-conference

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Kirk Lacob

Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations, and VP of GSW Sports Ventures, Golden State Warriors

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2015-conference,2018-conference

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Malcolm Gladwell

Author

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2020-conference,2019-conference,2022-conference

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Stephen McArdle

Chief Administrative Officer & Executive Vice President, Digital Media and Strategic Planning, NHL

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2018-conference

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Michelle Kennedy

Chief Operating Officer, Nashville Predators

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2019-conference

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John Urschel

Mathematician and former NFL offensive lineman

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2020-conference

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Asad Siddiqi

Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation & Regenerative Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center

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2019-conference

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Tony Reali

Around the Horn Host & Pardon the Interruption "Stat Boy", ESPN

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2013-conference,2012-conference

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Ryan Craig

Director of Digital Media, Duke University Athletics

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2015-conference

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Karl Ravech

Host, ESPN and Baseball Tonight

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2018-conference

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John Guttag

Dugald C. Jackson Professor of Computer Science & Electrical Engineering, MIT

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2014-conference

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Ken Yusko

Professor, Marymount University

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2017-conference

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James Van Stone

CRO, Monumental Sports

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2016-conference

competitive-advantages

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Stephen A. Smith

Featured Commentator ESPN

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2020-conference,2021-conference

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Dafna Aaronson

Performance & People Analytics Specialist

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2020-conference

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Melissa Brenner

SVP, Digital Media,, NBA

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2017-conference

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Vosse De Boode

Head of Sports Science Ajax

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2020-conference

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soccer

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Corbin Petro

President, Carelon Behavior Health

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2019-conference,2020-conference,2021-conference,2022-conference,2023-conference,2024-conference,2025-conference

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Edward Tufte

Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Statistics and Computer Science, Yale University

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2015-conference,2014-conference

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Ken Yusko

Professor, Marymount University

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2018-conference,2017-conference

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Rahul Kadavakolu

Executive Director of Global Branding & Marketing, Rakuten

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2019-conference

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Kevin Blue

Senior Associate Athletic Director, External Relations, Stanford University

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2015-conference

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Jared Smith

President, Ticketmaster North America

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2017-conference,2016-conference,2014-conference,2013-conference

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Travis McDonough

Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Kinduct Technologies Inc.

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2017-conference

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Ted Olson

Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

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2018-conference

panels

speakers

Matteo Monteverdi

President, Sportradar US

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2019-conference

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speakers

Tiffany Frits

Manager, Business Operations ESPN Stats and Information Group

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2020-conference

panels

tennis

speakers

Saquon Barkley

Running Back, New York Giants

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2019-conference,2020-conference

panels

speakers

Evan Kaplan

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2020-conference

panels

football

speakers

Jerry Dipoto

Executive Vice President & General Manager, Baseball Operations, Seattle Mariners

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2018-conference

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baseball

speakers

Hana Peljto Cluff

Vice President, Applied Analytics Solutions, WarnerMedia

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2019-conference

panels

speakers

Jason Bernard

Baseball Research and Development Manager MLB

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2020-conference

workshops

baseball

speakers

Jordan Breen

Commentator, Strikeforce and Tachi Palance Fights; Writer, ESPN.com and Sherdog.com

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2013-conference

panels

combatsports

speakers

Stephen McArdle

Chief Administrative Officer & Executive Vice President, Digital Media and Strategic Planning, NHL

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2019-conference

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speakers

Ken Rosenthal

Senior Reporter, FOX

ken-rosenthal

2017-conference

panels

speakers

Patrick Keane

CEO, The Action Network

patrick-keane

2019-conference

panels

speakers

Ryan Gustafson

VP, Business Strategy and Development, Seattle Sounders FC

ryan-gustafson

2018-conference

competitive-advantages

speakers

Ben Cohen

Author, Wall Street Journal

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2020-conference,2023-conference

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speakers

Jordan Brenner

Contributing Writer, ESPN The Magazine and ESPN Insider

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2015-conference,2014-conference

panels

speakers

Kevin Kelley

Head Football Coach and Athletic Director, Pulaski Academy High School

kevin-kelley

2014-conference

panels

football

speakers

Greg Cain

VP, Baseball Data MLB

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2020-conference

panels

speakers

Deepak Malhotra

Professor at Harvard Business School

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2019-conference,2024-conference,2025-conference

panels

speakers

Bobby Webster

General Manager, Toronto Raptors

bobby-webster

2018-conference

panels

speakers

Warren LeGarie

President, WGL Management

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2017-conference

panels

speakers

Lauren Riker

Global Marketing Analytics Manager New Balance

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2020-conference

panels

tennis

speakers

Richard Thaler

Nobel Prize-Winning Economist University of Chicago

richard-thaler

2020-conference

panels

speakers

Isaac Guerrero

Technical Director, FC Barcelona Football School

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2019-conference

panels

soccer

speakers

Matthew Fields

Executive Vice President, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

matthew-fields

2018-conference

panels

speakers

Tom Thibodeau

Former NBA Head Coach & Executive

tom-thibodeau

2020-conference

panels

speakers

Greg Economou

Chief Commercial Officer & Head of Sports, Ticketmaster

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2018-conference

speakers

John DiFiori

Director of Sports Medicine, NBA

john-difiori

2019-conference

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Debbie Knowlan

Director of Season Ticket Services, Atlanta Falcons

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2014-conference

panels

speakers

Amanda Raad

Partner, Ropes & Gray LLP

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2017-conference

panels

speakers

Gayle Sheppard

VP and GM, Saffron AI Group, Intel

gayle-sheppard

2017-conference,2016-conference

panels,competitive-advantages

speakers

Erin Prober

Director of Strategic Partnerships, LA Clippers

erin-prober

2018-conference

competitive-advantages

speakers

John Bacon

Director of Operations, Zebra

john-bacon

2017-conference

speakers

Casey Chafkin

Chief Revenue Officer and Co-Founder Skillz

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2020-conference

panels

esports

speakers

Tom Tango

Senior Data Architect MLB

tom-tango

2020-conference

workshops,panels

speakers

Stuart Saw

Director of Channel Partners at Streamworks Interactive

stuart-saw

2012-conference

panels

esports

speakers

Charles Gao

Manager, Business Strategy and Analytics Golden State Warriors

charles-gao

2020-conference

competitive-advantages

basketball

speakers

Meeta Singh

Medical Director, Henry Ford Sleep Laboratory

meeta-singh

2018-conference

competitive-advantages

speakers

Patrick Young

VP and Director of Engineering, LBi Software

patrick-young

2018-conference,2017-conference

panels

speakers

Casey Smith

Head Athletic, Trainer Dallas Mavericks

casey-smith

2019-conference

panels

speakers

Milton Lee

CEO, Keemotion

milton-lee

2017-conference

competitive-advantages

speakers

Tony DeFeo

President, EdjSports

tony-defeo

2018-conference

competitive-advantages

football

speakers

James Carwana

GM,, Intel Sports Group

james-carwana

2017-conference

panels

speakers

Erin Schnieders

VP, Venues, NBA

erin-schnieders

2017-conference

panels

speakers

Nils Rudi

Professor of Operations Management, Yale University

nils-rudi

2025-conference,2014-conference

panels

speakers

Gary Loveman

Senior Lecturer, Harvard Business School

gary-loveman

2019-conference

panels

speakers

Cole Gahagan

Chief Commercial Officer, Fanatics

cole-gahagan

2019-conference

panels

speakers

Dave Watson

Bioinformatician, Queen Mary University of London

dave-watson

2017-conference

competitive-advantages

golf

speakers

Peter Ibarra

Associate Director of Insights Solutions, Dstillery

peter-ibarra

2016-conference

speakers

Michelle Wang

Director of Strategy, Ticketmaster

michelle-wang

2019-conference

panels

speakers

Ariel Kelman

Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Oracle

ariel-kelman

2019-conference,2022-conference

panels

speakers

Greg Economou

Chief Commercial Officer & Head of Sports, Ticketmaster

greg-economou

2019-conference

panels

speakers

Chris Herring

Senior Writer, ESPN

chris-herring

2017-conference

panels

speakers

Dan Hickman

Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Idaho

dan-hickman

2015-conference

competitive-advantages

golf

speakers

Damani Leech

Senior Vice President, Football Strategy & Business Development, NFL

damani-leech

2019-conference

panels

speakers

Tim McManus

Senior Vice President and Director, Global Program Management - AECOM

tim-mcmanus

2014-conference

panels

speakers

Akshay Patel

Director of Engineering, The Action Network

akshay-patel

2019-conference

speakers

Steve Koonin

Chief Executive Officer Atlanta Hawks

steve-koonin

2020-conference

panels

basketball

speakers

Chris Chaney

Founder and President, Infinite Esports

chris-chaney

2018-conference

panels

esports

speakers

Jake Williams

Head of Legal, Sportradar US

jake-williams

2017-conference

panels

speakers

Joe Ward

Sports Graphics Editor, The New York Times

joe-ward

2013-conference

panels

speakers

Tauhid Zaman

Operations Management Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management

tauhid-zaman

2019-conference

competitive-advantages

speakers

Jason Roman

Basketball Operations Analyst, Houston Rockets

jason-roman

2018-conference

workshops

speakers

Joe Sill

Analytics Consultant for the Washington Wizards

joe-sill

2020-conference

panels

speakers

Shira Springer

Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management

shira-springer

2019-conference,2020-conference,2021-conference,2022-conference,2023-conference,2024-conference,2025-conference

panels

speakers

Markus Deutsch

CEO and Co-Founder, Fusion Sport

markus-deutsch

2018-conference

workshops

speakers

Leah Rindler

Fan Insight and Analytics Manager, Kansas City Chiefs

leah-rindler

2016-conference

speakers

Power of Data: Using Data For Good Across Industries

Bronson Green

Director of Strategic Operations, Kraft Sports & Entertainment

bronson-green

2019-conference

speakers

Day 1

Panels

panels

corbin-petro,will-blodgett,seth-moulton,alexandra-drane,nate-silver

innovationtechnologydatascience,realestateinfrastructure

events

Day 1

Panels

Powering IoT in Sports and Entertainment presented by AGT

panels

mati-kochavi,andrea-kremer

business

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

Predicting NBA Season Ticket Member Behavior

competitive-advantages

matt-wolf

business

basketball

events

Day 2

Mar 2, 2024

Competitive Advantages

Predicting Problem Gambling Among Sports Bettors

competitive-advantages

kristie-savage

innovationtechnologydatascience,pokergambling

esports

events

Day 1

Mar 7, 2025

Competitive Advantages

Predictive Analytics of Move Choice and Cheating Detection at Chess

Predictive Sports Betting Analytics

competitive-advantages

ken-regan

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience

chess

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

matthew-holt,haralabos-voulgaris,jeff-ma,chad-millman

innovationtechnologydatascience,pokergambling

events

Day 2

Competitive Advantages

Premier Lacrosse League: Using Data to Plan and Execute a COVID-Free Season

competitive-advantages

rachael-dececco

innovationtechnologydatascience

lacrosse

events

Day 1

Mar 3, 2023

Competitive Advantages

Preparing for Launch: How the Miami Dolphins applied data analytics to strategize and amplify "The Moment"

Preparing for the Game: Optimizing Player Performance

competitive-advantages

jordan-wetherbee

innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

competitive-advantages

chris-morris

on-field

events

Day 1

Mar 6, 2020

Panels

Press any Key to Start: How to Build an ESports Brand

Bill Walsh Room

panels

events

Day 1

Panels

Put a Ring on It: Building a Champion

panels

chris-bosh,mitch-kupchak,nick-caserio,sue-bird,jackie-macmullan

business

events

Day 1

Panels

Putting the "D" in Data

panels

bob-bowman

innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

Putting the Data Science into Sports Science

competitive-advantages

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 2

Panels

QBR: What ESPN Analytics Learned

panels

jeff-bennett,peter-keating,albert-larcada,dean-oliver

innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 1

Panels

Quality vs. Quantity: Improved Shot Prediction in Soccer

panels

events

Day 1

Panels

Quantify This: Valuing Sports Sponsorships Presented by Bose

panels

kathryn-kai-ling-frederick,renie-anderson,catherine-carlson,brendan-lynch,elizabeth-lindsey

innovationtechnologydatascience,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

football

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

Quantifying Injury Risk

competitive-advantages

stephen-smith

biomechanicsinjurypreventionmentalhealth

events

Day 1

Mar 4, 2022

Competitive Advantages

Quantifying the Mind: Revolutionizing Golf Data for All

Quants Watching Tape presented by ESPN

competitive-advantages

scott-fawcett

on-field,business,innovationtechnologydatascience,mediacontent

events

Day 2

Mar 8, 2025

Panels

R for predictive modeling

panels

seth-walder,brian-burke,dean-oliver,andrew-healy,steve-weinman

innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 1

Workshops

R for Data Visualization

workshops

asmae-toumi

events

Day 2

Mar 1, 2019

Workshops

Workshop Room

workshops

asmae-toumi

events

Day 1

Mar 7, 2025

Competitive Advantages

Racing to Revenue: NASCAR’s Data-Powered Sales Engine

Raising The Stakes: The Evolution of Poker Strategy

competitive-advantages

nathan-blum

business,innovationtechnologydatascience,mediacontent,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 1

Mar 3, 2023

Panels

Shane Battier Room

panels

events

Day 2

Mar 1, 2019

Panels

Rebooting the Lakers/Celtics Rivalry

Reception Perception: Using Data to Grade NFL Receivers and Predict Breakouts

panels

jackie-macmullan,jeanie-buss,wyc-grousbeck

business,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

basketball

events

Day 2

Mar 8, 2025

Competitive Advantages

Redefining Home Field Advantage: Strategies for Enhancing Fan Engagement

competitive-advantages

matt-harmon

innovationtechnologydatascience

football

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

competitive-advantages

pete-giorgio

fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 1

Mar 4, 2022

Competitive Advantages

Reimagining Football: First Data Driven Football League

Reimagining ‘why’ through needs-based segmentation

competitive-advantages

sam-schwartzstein

innovationtechnologydatascience,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

football

events

Day 2

Mar 2, 2024

Competitive Advantages

competitive-advantages

chris-kennedy

business,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 1

Mar 5, 2020

Panels

Reinventing a Business: The Future of Sports Business

Reject Conventional Wisdom For a Competitive Advantage: Don’t Swim Like Phelps

panels

paul-caine,amy-latimer,jimmy-pitaro,amy-howe,abe-madkour

business,realestateinfrastructure

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

competitive-advantages

rod-havriluk

business

swimming

events

Day 2

Mar 2, 2024

Competitive Advantages

Research Collectives: The Call for Large-Scale, Open Science Initiatives in Sports Science

competitive-advantages

natalie-kupperman

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience,biomechanicsinjurypreventionmentalhealth

events

Day 1

Mar 7, 2025

Competitions

Research Paper Competition Presentation

Research Papers Room

competitions

brian-burke,john-tobias,peko-hosoi

events

Day 1

Workshops

Rest API and JSON Graphing

workshops

jason-roman

events

Day 2

Mar 8, 2025

Careers

Resume Reviews presented by Ticketmaster

Workshop Room (311)

careers

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

Rethinking Suite and Premium Seating Strategy

competitive-advantages

ryan-gustafson

business

events

Day 1

Mar 3, 2023

Panels

Revamping America's Pastime: The Effect of Rule Changes in Baseball

Revolutionizing Sports Media: Ultra-High Resolution Immersive Capture and Emerging Tools for Broadcast TV Production

panels

kevin-negandhi,bill-james,morgan-sword,raul-ibanez

fanegagementexperiencemarketing

baseball

events

Day 1

Panels

Revenge of the Nerds

panels

mark-cuban,daryl-morey,michael-lewis,paraag-marathe,nate-silver

business

events

Day 1

Mar 1, 2024

Competitive Advantages

competitive-advantages

devin-poolman

innovationtechnologydatascience,mediacontent,fanegagementexperiencemarketing,realestateinfrastructure

events

Day 2

Mar 2, 2024

Competitive Advantages

Revving Up the Odds: Optimizing Man and Machine in NASCAR

competitive-advantages

matt-osborn

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 1

Mar 7, 2025

Panels

Rewriting the Playbook with Maverick Carter and Jason Robins

Risking it All: Why Championship Athletes Dope & What it Means for Sport

panels

eben-novy-williams,maverick-carter,jason-robins

business,innovationtechnologydatascience,mediacontent,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

esports

events

Day 2

Panels

panels

tyler-hamilton,bonnie-ford,travis-tygart

biomechanicsinjurypreventionmentalhealth

events

Day 1

Panels

Risky Business: Sports Science and Injury Prevention presented by Catapult

panels

brian-kopp,joe-rogowski,ricardo-lockette,mark-mcclusky

on-field,business,biomechanicsinjurypreventionmentalhealth

events

Day 1

Panels

Road To The Championship: Playoff Analytics

panels

chris-marinak,neil-paine,mark-bechtel,oliver-luck,eric-nyquist

innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 2

Mar 6, 2020

Activities

Robotics Room

activities

events

Day 1

Mar 6, 2020

Panels

Rushing to Analytics: Hockey’s Ability to Predict and Project Talent

Competitive Advantage Room South

panels

events

Day 1

Panels

SAP, the 49ers, and the NBA: New Technology to Drive Fan Engagement and Team Performance

panels

frank-wheeler,paraag-marathe

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

basketball

events

Ongoing

Mar 1, 2019

Workshops

SQL for Data Analysis: Measuring Customer Loyalty and Value

Workshop Room

workshops

andrew-brady

events

Day 1

Panels

Sabermetrics v. The World: Are Analytics Baseball's Answer?

panels

ben-lindbergh,bill-james,meg-rowley,sarah-gelles,josh-ruffin

innovationtechnologydatascience,mediacontent,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

baseball

events

Day 2

Competitive Advantages

SailGP is tacking to better performance using the Oracle Cloud

competitive-advantages

joey-fitts

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 1

Panels

Sales DNA in Sports Sponsorships

panels

dan-singer,steve-pamon,sam-zussman

business

events

Day 1

Mar 6, 2020

Panels

Save the Data: The Future of Data & Technology

Say Goodbye to the 40 Yard Dash: The Future of NFL Roster Building

panels

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

brian-burke,kevin-demoff,nick-caserio,kevin-clark

innovationtechnologydatascience

football

events

Day 1

Feb 28, 2019

Panels

Scoring Sponsorships: Metrics to Maximize Brand Value (Presented by Hookit)

Seats at the Table: Empowering the Next Generation of Ownership and Changemakers presented by Wasserman Foundation

panels

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

hannah-storm,sue-bird,megan-rapinoe,andre-iguodala

business,investmentfinance

events

Day 1

Panels

Select Your Fighter: How to Assess Players and Build an Esports Roster

panels

tal-shachar,greg-kim,doug-watson

business

esports

events

Day 1

Panels

Self-Made Sports Legends and Entrepreneurs: Michael Rubin and A-Rod

panels

alex-rodriguez,michael-rubin,jessica-gelman

innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

Selling Out: Understanding the Path-to-Purchase for Sports Tickets

competitive-advantages

elyse-guilfoyle

business,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 1

Panels

Serial Entrepreneurs: Building Winning Businesses in Tech and Sports with Ted Leonsis and Michael Rubin

panels

michael-rubin,ted-leonsis,jessica-gelman

innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 1

Panels

Serving The Sports Fan With Analytics

panels

neil-greenberg,sharon-katz,nate-silver,alok-pattani,pablo-torre

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Day 2

Mar 8, 2025

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Setting a New Standard for Women’s Sports Data: Complete WNBA Play by Play on Basketball Reference

Setting a New Standard for Women’s Sports Data: Expanding WCBB Coverage on College Basketball Reference

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charlotte-eisenberg

innovationtechnologydatascience,womenssports

basketball

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Day 1

Mar 1, 2024

Competitive Advantages

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adela-armstrong-spielberg,sean-forman

innovationtechnologydatascience,womenssports

basketball

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Day 1

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Sharing, Liking, Streaming: The Future of Sports and Media

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marie-donoghue,jonathan-kraft,adam-silver,bonnie-bernstein

mediacontent

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Day 2

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Shark v. Fox: Politics and Forecasting in the Time of the Hedgehog

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Day 2

Mar 4, 2023

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Sharpening Your Edges: The Role of Analytics in Sports Betting and Fantasy Sports

Shopping for Tickets with Advanced Analytics

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lisa-kerney,dejan-mitkovsk,grant-cloud,meghan-chayka,andre-snellings

innovationtechnologydatascience,fanegagementexperiencemarketing,pokergambling

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Day 1

Competitive Advantages

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steve-ritter

innovationtechnologydatascience

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Day 1

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Show Me the Money: Agents and Negotiations

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dan-adams,bob-myers,scott-rosner,arn-tellem,deepak-malhotra,daryl-morey

business

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Day 1

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Show Not Tell: Sports Storytelling

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michael-lewis,adam-mckay

on-field,mediacontent

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Day 1

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Silver Asks Silver

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adam-silver,nate-silver

business

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Day 2

Mar 8, 2025

Competitive Advantages

Skill, Luck, and the Battle of the Sexes: An Application of Tennis

Skin in the game: Sports Gambling’s Emergence in the US

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tobias-j-moskowitz

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience,womenssports,careerseducation

tennis

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Day 2

Mar 1, 2019

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Sleeping Giants: Are 'Zzzz's" the NBA's Next Big Performance Metric

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jeff-ma,sharon-otterman,doug-kezirian,matteo-monteverdi,andrew-ashenden,kip-levin

fanegagementexperiencemarketing,pokergambling

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Day 1

Competitive Advantages

competitive-advantages

kevin-arnovitz

on-field

basketball

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Day 1

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Soccer Analytics

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alexi-lalas,marc-stein,scott-mclachlan,steve-brown,steven-houston

innovationtechnologydatascience

soccer

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Day 1

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Soccer Analytics

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jeff-agoos,albert-larcada,marc-stein,chris-anderson,blake-wooster

innovationtechnologydatascience

soccer

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Day 1

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Soccer Analytics: Finding New Passing Lanes

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Day 1

Feb 28, 2019

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Soccer Analytics: Shaping the Future of the Game (Presented by Optapro)

Soccer Analytics: The Beautiful Game Meets the Analytics Edge

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grant-wahl,brian-bilello,kristine-lilly,ben-mackriell,isaac-guerrero

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience

soccer

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Day 1

Mar 6, 2020

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Soccer's Analytics Frontier

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ted-knutson,grant-wahl,vosse-de-boode,tyler-heaps,devin-pleuler

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience

soccer

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Day 1

Mar 3, 2023

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Shane Battier Room

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omar-chaudhuri,sarah-rudd,mladen-sormaz,john-muller

innovationtechnologydatascience

soccer

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Day 1

Mar 3, 2023

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Social Media and Sports: How Consumption and Fanhood is Changing

Sponsorship Analytics: The New Yardstick For Brands And Properties

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karlis-kezbers,tim-clark,kathryn-kai-ling-frederick,kaitee-daley

mediacontent,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

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Day 1

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kathy-carter,elizabeth-lindsey,nick-kelly,jason-belzer,valerie-camillo

innovationtechnologydatascience,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

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Day 1

Mar 5, 2020

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Sponsorships In The 2020s: Leveraging Technology to Uncover Gems Presented By Hookit

Sport Science: Extending The Athlete’S Peak Performance

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scott-tilton,lauren-riker,tiffany-frits,rob-hofmann

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

tennis

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Day 2

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panels

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Day 1

Mar 5, 2020

Activities

Sports & Analytics Trivia Blitz

Competitive Advantage Room South

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ken-jennings

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Day 1

Mar 3, 2023

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Sports & Society: Redefining Sports Culture and Organizations presented by Wasserman Foundation

Sports Business Analytics

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jessica-berman,johanna-faries,jackie-macmullan

business,sportsinsociety,womenssports,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

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Day 2

Mar 1, 2012

Competitive Advantages

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chris-marinak,valerie-camillo,brian-lafemina,bobby-gallo,john-forese

business,innovationtechnologydatascience

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Day 1

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Sports Business Analytics and Ticketing - Case Studies from the Pros

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john-forese,anthony-perez

business,innovationtechnologydatascience

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Day 2

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Sports Data: Seeing, Showing & Making Inferences

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edward-tufte

innovationtechnologydatascience

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Day 1

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Sports Entrepreneurs & New Frontiers

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Day 2

Mar 6, 2020

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Sports Gambling Innovation: Betting on the Future Presented by Sig Sports Analytics

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kip-levin,jeff-ma,kip-levin-2,jeffrey-yass,frank-frigo

business,innovationtechnologydatascience,pokergambling

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Day 2

Mar 2, 2019

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Sports Mythbusting

Sports Performance Measurement and Analytics

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stephen-j-dubner,jason-concepcion,mike-zarren,sue-bird,jason-robins,darcy-norman,mike-maughan

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Day 1

Competitive Advantages

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dr-lorena-martin

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Day 2

Mar 8, 2025

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Sports Schedule Optimization

Sports Science: Performance Analytics

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chris-groer

business

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Day 1

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Day 1

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Sports Science: The Next Frontier

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Day 1

Competitive Advantages

Sports Sponsorship vs. the Data Cartels: An Open Network for Competitive Advantage

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justin-watkins

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Day 1

Mar 6, 2020

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Sports Storytelling: Lessons Learned from Sue Bird and the “Bullet Man”

Competitive Advantage Room South

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Day 1

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Sports Tracking Solutions: The Next Generation

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isaiah-kacyvenski,dean-oliver,abe-madkour,bob-thurman

business

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Day 2

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Sports and Social Media: Attracting New Audiences Through Content Creation

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shira-springer,blake-stuchin,jackie-caldwell,amanda-anderson

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Day 1

Mar 3, 2023

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Sports and Technology: Bringing Performance to the Next Level

Sports in 2040: Hindsight is 2020

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Day 2

Mar 7, 2020

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Sports in 2045: Ahead of the Curve with Jonathan Kraft and Mark Shapiro

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Day 1

Mar 7, 2025

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(batter|pitcher)2vec: Statistic-Free Talent Modeling With Neural Player Embeddings

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contessa-brewer,jonathan-kraft,mark-shapiro-2

on-field,business,innovationtechnologydatascience,mediacontent,investmentfinance,realestateinfrastructure,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

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A Cluster Analysis of NBA Players

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A Data Driven Goalkeeper Evaluation Framework

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A Data-driven Method for In-game Decision Making in MLB

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A Game Theoretical Approach to Optimal Pitch Sequencing

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A Game-theoretic Approach to the Football Endgame: When Should the "2-Minute Drill" Begin?

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A Graph Neural Network deep-dive into successful counterattacks

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A Machine Learning Approach to Player Value and Decision Making in Professional Ultimate Frisbee

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A Markov Approach to Untangling Intention Versus Execution in Tennis

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A New Framework to Estimate Return on Investment for Player Salaries in the National Basketball Association

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A No-Tanking Draft Allocation Policy

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A Poisson Betting Model with a Kelly Criterion Element for European Soccer

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A model-based risk-impact analysis of dribble actions in women's soccer

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A switching dynamic generalized linear model to detect abnormal performances in Major League Baseball

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Acceleration in the NBA: Towards an Algorithmic Taxonomy of Basketball Plays

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Accounting for Complementary Skill Sets When Evaluating NBA Players’ Values to a Speci􏰀ic Team

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Accuracy and National Bias of Figure Skating Judges: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

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Alleviating Competitive Imbalance in NFL Schedules: An Integer-Programming Approach

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An Extensive Investigation of Strategies in Baseball

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An Open-Sourced Optical Tracking and Advanced eSports Analytics Platform for League of Legends

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Analytics for the Front Office: Valuing Protections on NBA Draft Picks

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Analyzing NBA Player Positions and Interactions with Density-Functional Fluctuation Theory

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Approaching In-Venue Quality Tracking from Broadcast Video using Generative AI

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Arsenal/Zone Rating: A PitchF/X based pitcher projection system

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Assessing the offensive productivity of NHL players using in-game win probabilities

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Automatically Recognizing On-Ball Screens

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Baseball Predictions and Strategies Using Explainable AI

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Bettor Up: Assess, Analyze, and Achieve

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Beyond Pythagorean expectation: How run distributions affect win percentage

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Beyond action valuation: A deep reinforcement learning framework for optimizing player decisions in soccer

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Beyond the Box Score: Using Psychological Metrics to Forecast NBA Success

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Bhostgusters: Realtime Interactive Play Sketching with Synthesized NBA Defenses

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Bullpen Strategies for Major League Baseball

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Buying Tickets: Capturing the dynamic factors that drive consumer purchase decisions for sporting events

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Call to the Pen: Maximizing pitcher effectiveness via topic modeled cluster centroid distances

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Can’t Buy Much Love: Why money is not baseball’s most valuable currency

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Causal Impact of Offensive Linemen on Pass Plays

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Changing the Major League Baseball: A Whole New Ballgame

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Characterization of Space and Time-Dependence of 3-Point Shots in Basketball

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Choke or Shine? Quantifying Soccer Players' Abilities to Perform Under Mental Pressure

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Chuckers: Measuring Lineup Shot Distribution Optimality Using Spatial Allocative Efficiency Models

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CoachAI+ Badminton Environment: Realistic Badminton Game Simulator for Enhancing Player Performance

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Competitive Balance in Professional Sports: A Multidimensional Perspective

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Correcting for preferential bias in NFL fourth-down decision making

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CourtVision: New Visual and Spatial Analytics for the NBA

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DIGR: A Defense Independent Rating of NHL Goaltenders using Spatially Smoothed Save Percentage Maps

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Data-Driven Ghosting using Deep Imitation Learning

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Data-driven lowlight and highlight reel creation based on explainable temporal game models

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Decoding MLB Pitch Sequencing Strategies via Directed Graph Embeddings

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Decomposing the Immeasurable Sport: A deep learning expected possession value framework for soccer

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Deconstructing the Rebound with Optical Tracking Data

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DeepQB: Deep Learning with Player Tracking to Quantify Quarterback Decision-Making & Performance

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Detection of tactical patterns using semi-supervised graph neural networks

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Diamonds on the Line: Profits through Investment Gaming

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Dissecting the Tennis Rally: Valuing Decision Making and Shot Execution in Tennis

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Do Behavioral Considerations Cloud Penalty-Kick Location Optimization in Professional Soccer: Game Theory & Empirical Testing using Polynomial Regression and ML Gradient Boosting

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Doinkalytics: A New Paradigm in National Football League (NFL) Placekicking Evaluation

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Effort vs. Concentration: The Asymmetric Impact of Pressure on NBA Performance

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Enhancing NBA True Shot Charts: A Probabilistic Spatial Approach to Rebounding and Possession Value

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Estimating NBA Team Shot Selection Efficiency from Aggregations of True, Continuous Shot Charts: A Generalized Additive Model Approach

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Estimating Positional Plus-Minus in the NBA

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Evaluating Player Actions in Professional Counter Strike using Temporal Heterogeneous Graph Neural Networks

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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Dynamic Pricing Strategies on MLB Single-Game Ticket Revenue

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Explainable Defense Coverage Classification in NFL Games using Deep Neural Networks

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Extracting Player Tracking Data from Video Using Non-Stationary Cameras and a Combination of Computer Vision Techniques

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Eye on the Ball: The Relationship Between Sensorimotor Abilities and On-Field Performance in Professional Baseball

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Fair and Efficient Ranking in Incomplete Tournaments

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Feeling the Pressure: A Unified Framework for Automating Pass Rushing Statistics in NFL Games

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Finding the Open Receiver: A Quantitative Geospatial Analysis of Quarterback Decision-Making

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Flipping Coins in the War Room: Skill and Chance in the NFL Draft

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From 5 to 13: Redefining the Positions in Basketball

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From Markov models to Poisson point processes: Modeling movement in the NBA

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From Sports to Science: Using Basketball Analytics to Broaden the Appeal of Math and Science Among Youth

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Going for Three: Predicting the Likelihood of Field Goal Success with Logistic Regression

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Graphical Model for Baskeball Match Simulation

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High School Poster: A STARTING POINT FOR PREDICTING TEAM SUCCESS IN VOLLEYBALL

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High School Poster: HOW THE “COLOMBIAN CANNONBALL” FINALLY BROKE THROUGH – ANALYZING THE 2018 BRITISH OPEN SQUASH CHAMPIONSHIP

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High-resolution shot capture reveals systematic biases and an improved method for shooter evaluation

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How Much Do Coaches Matter

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How Much Do Faceoffs Matter? Translating Faceoffs to Goals, Wins, and Championships in Hockey

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How Much Trouble is Early Foul Trouble? Strategically Idling Resources in the NBA

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How to Play Strategically in Fantasy Sports (and Win)

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How to Predict the Performance of NBA Draft Prospects

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I Think We'll Go to Boston - Marathon Performance Prediction

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Improved NBA Adjusted +/- Using Regularization and Out-of-Sample Testing

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Increasing the shot at a quality draft-decision – A Bayesian approach to improve predicting three-point accuracy translation in the NBA Draft

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Learning Contextual Event Embeddings to Predict Player Performance in the MLB

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Learning Feature Representations from Football Tracking

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Learning from the Pros: Extracting Professional Goalkeeper Technique from Broadcast Footage

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Leaving Goals on the Pitch: Evaluating Decision Making in Soccer

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Leveraging Batter-Pitcher Matchups for Optimal Game Strategy

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Live Counter-Factual Analysis in Women’s Tennis using Automatic Key-Moment Detection

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Live by the Three, Die by the Three? The Price of Risk in the NBA

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MAYFIELD: Machine Learning Algorithm for Yearly Forecasting Indicators and Estimation of Long-Run Player Development

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Making Offensive Play Predictable - Using a Graph Convolutional Network to Understand Defensive Performance in Soccer

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Manager Over and Underachievement (MOU) Index: Ranking Soccer Managers

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Measuring Individual Competitiveness and its Impact on Sporting Success

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Measuring the Impact of Robotic Umpires

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Mining football players' behavioral profile: identifying candidate proxy features from event data.

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Mixed Membership Martial Arts: Data-Driven Analysis of Winning Martial Arts Styles

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