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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Bob Bowman

President, Business & Media, MLB

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2017-conference,2014-conference,2013-conference,2012-conference

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Rachael DeCecco

Head of PLL Academy, Premier League Lacrosse

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2021-conference

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Kevin Lin

COO, Twitch

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2013-conference

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Davyeon Ross

Cofounder/COO of DDSports Inc.

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2017-conference

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Robbie Allen

CEO and Founder, Automated Insights

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2015-conference

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Aidan Lyons

VP of Fan Centric Marketing, NFL

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2016-conference

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Kyle Dubas

Assistant General Manager, Toronto Maple Leafs

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2015-conference

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Steve Donahue

College Basketball Analyst, ESPN

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2015-conference

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Matt Roth

Professional Football Player, Jacksonville Jaguars

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2012-conference

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Adam Grossman

CEO and Founder,, Block Six Analytics

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2017-conference

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Peter Jennings

Co-founder, Fantasy Labs

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2017-conference,2015-conference

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Herm Edwards

NFL Analyst, ESPN and former NFL Head Coach

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2013-conference

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Dean Oliver

Sports Data Scientist at ESPN

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2024-conference,2025-conference,2017-conference,2016-conference,2014-conference,2013-conference,2012-conference

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Alexander Garfield

CEO, Evil Geniuses

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2012-conference

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J. Todd Durbin

EVP Competition and Player Relations, MLS

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2016-conference

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Andy Schwarz

Partner (OSKR), Chief Innovation Officer (PCL)

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2021-conference

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David Griffin

GM,, Cleveland Cavaliers

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2018-conference,2017-conference

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Greg Kim

Vice President of Strategy at Oak View Group

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2021-conference,2022-conference,2023-conference,2025-conference

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Rufus Peabody

Co-Founder, Massey-Peabody Analytics

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2016-conference

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Alex D'Amour

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2014-conference

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Sam Ebb

VP of Business Strategy & Analytics, Comcast Spectacor

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2019-conference,2021-conference

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Alexi Lalas

Lead Analyst, ESPN and ABC Sports Soccer Coverage

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2012-conference

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speakers

Brandon Adams

DFS Player, Author

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2017-conference

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TJ Manotoc

North American News Bureau Chief, ABS-CBN

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2021-conference

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Stan Kasten

President & CEO, Los Angeles Dodgers

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2013-conference

speakers

Marc Jenkins

Chief Operating Officer,, Learfield Sports

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2017-conference

speakers

Craig O'Shannessy

Founder, Brain GameTennis analytics pioneer and frequent contributor to the NYT

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2021-conference,2012-conference

speakers

Leah Jackson

Games Editor, G4TV.com

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2012-conference

speakers

Peter Keating

Senior Writer, ESPN

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2015-conference,2014-conference,2013-conference,2012-conference

speakers

Jon Wertheim

Senior writer, Sports Illustrated

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2013-conference

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Avery McIntyre

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2016-conference

speakers

Bill Polian

Commentator, ESPN

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2013-conference

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Dan Reed

Head of Global Sports Partnerships, Facebook

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2016-conference

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Brandon Payne

Founder, Owner,, Accelerate Basketball Training

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2017-conference

speakers

Alan Rabb

Vice President of Finance - USA Operation, Coca Cola

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2016-conference

speakers

Peter Scott

Vice President, Emerging Media, Turner Sports

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2012-conference

speakers

Erika Nardini

CEO, Barstool Sports

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2021-conference

speakers

Douglas Arnot

Chairman, The Broadstone Group

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2014-conference

speakers

Susan Polgar

American chess Grandmaster

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2017-conference

speakers

Scott Loft

Vice President of Ticket Sales, Retention and Database Operations, Oklahoma City Thunder

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2016-conference

speakers

Brian Kenny

Host, MLB Network

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2017-conference,2015-conference,2014-conference

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Craig Custance

Senior NHL Writer, ESPN the Magazine

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2016-conference

hockey

speakers

Stefanie Francis

Co-Founder and Managing Director, Navigate

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2015-conference

speakers

Gartheeban Ganeshapillai

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2014-conference

speakers

Ian Yates

Performance Pathway Manager,, Great Britain Cycling

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2017-conference

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Sunil Gulati

President, U.S. Soccer Federation

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2015-conference

speakers

Ainissa Ramirez

Science Evangelist

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2014-conference

speakers

Joseph McNulty

Managing Partner,¬†McNulty CPAs/The McNulty Group

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2015-conference,2014-conference,2012-conference

speakers

Chris Pittenturf

Vice President of Data & Analytics, Palace Sports & Entertainment

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2016-conference

speakers

Steve Ritter

Data Scientist, SeatGeek

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2015-conference

speakers

Rod Thorn

President, Basketball Operations, NBA

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2015-conference

speakers

Scott Jablonski

Vice President, Club Business & Analytics, NHL

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2015-conference,2014-conference

hockey

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Phil de Picciotto

Founder and President, Octagon

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2015-conference,2014-conference,2013-conference,2012-conference

speakers

John Brody

Principal, Wasserman Media Group

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2012-conference

speakers

Greg Moore

Director of Baseball Products - Sportvision

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2012-conference

speakers

Cris Collinsworth

Sportscaster,, NBC

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2017-conference

speakers

Richard Deitsch

Writer and Editor, Sports Illustrated

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2014-conference

speakers

Aaron Schatz

Editor-in-Chief, Football Outsiders

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2013-conference

football

speakers

Richard Bickers

Founder, SquashLevels

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2021-conference

tennis

speakers

Dr. Lucius Riccio

Senior Lecturer in Discipline at Columbia Business School

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2014-conference

speakers

Prasad Setty

VP, People Analytics & Compensation, Google

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2013-conference

speakers

Geoff Bodine

Professional Motorsport Driver

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2012-conference

speakers

Dale Arnold

Host, NESN Daily

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2014-conference

hockey

speakers

Brian Burke

Sports Data Scientist at ESPN

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

speakers

Roger Ford

Assistant Professor of Law, University of New Hampshire

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2016-conference

speakers

Cory Mingelgreen

Director - Club Business Development, NFL

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2013-conference

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Lyle Ayes

Managing Director, Evercore

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2015-conference

speakers

Eric Nyquist

Senior Vice President, Strategic Development, NASCAR

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2016-conference

speakers

Renie Anderson

Chief Revenue Officer and Executive Vice President, NFL Partnerships, NFL

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2021-conference,2022-conference,2023-conference

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John Dewan

Owner, Baseball Info Solutions

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2012-conference

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Iain Matthews

Associate Research Director, Disney Research

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2014-conference

speakers

Neal Campbell

Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer, CDW

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2016-conference

speakers

Eric Petrosinelli

General Manager, Sports, Zebra Technologies

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2015-conference

speakers

Pei Zhe Shu

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2016-conference

speakers

Kathy Carter

CEO, LA28 | CEO, U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Properties

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2021-conference,2022-conference,2016-conference,2013-conference

speakers

Matthew Holt

Director of Race & Sports Data, Cantor Gaming

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2013-conference,2012-conference

speakers

Evan Silva

Senior NFL Writer, Rotoworld, writer for NBC Sports

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2013-conference

speakers

Noah Whinston

Co-Founder and CEO,, Immortals

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2017-conference

speakers

Mike D'Antoni

Former NBA Head Coach

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2015-conference

basketball

speakers

Nathan Hubbard

CEO, Ticketmaster

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2012-conference

speakers

Omid Ashtari

Head of Sports & Entertainment, Twitter

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2013-conference

speakers

Michael Yormark

President & Chief of Branding and Strategy, Roc Nation

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2016-conference

speakers

Mati Kochavi

Chairman and Owner, AGT International

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speakers

Mike Lorenc

Head of Ticketing, Sports & Live Events Google

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2017-conference

speakers

Ryan Zander

General Manager of Baseball Products, Sportvision

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2013-conference

speakers

Katie Baker

Staff Writer, Grantland

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2015-conference

hockey

speakers

Sonia Raman

Assistant Coach, New York Liberty

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2021-conference,2025-conference

speakers

Chris Marinak

SVP of League Economics and Strategy, MLB

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2017-conference,2016-conference,2012-conference

speakers

Peter Schoenke

Co-Founder & President, RotoWire.com

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2012-conference

speakers

David Highhill

Director, Club Business Development Group, NFL

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2016-conference,2013-conference

speakers

Jason Gates

COO & Sr. Marketing Analyst - Getfused

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2016-conference

speakers

Jim Pallotta

Chairman and Managing Director, Raptor Group

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2016-conference,2014-conference

speakers

Dan Adams

Counsel, Ropes & Gray

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2015-conference

speakers

Ben Fry

Founder and Principal, Fathom Information Design

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2013-conference

speakers

Don Sweeney

Assistant General Manager, Boston Bruins

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2014-conference

hockey

speakers

Marshall Faulk

Analyst, NFL Network

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2015-conference

football

speakers

Roham Gharegozlou

CEO, Dapper Labs

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2021-conference

speakers

Hikaru Nakamura

Chess Grandmaster, 5-time U.S. Champion and Popular Chess Streamer

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2021-conference,2023-conference

speakers

John Henry

Principal Owner, Fenway Sports Group

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2014-conference

speakers

"3s & Frees": The Evolving Nature of Basketball

Ravi Ramineni

VP - Soccer Analytics and Research, Seattle Sounders

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2021-conference,2018-conference,2015-conference

speakers

Day 2

Mar 7, 2020

Panels

#KingdomUnited – How the Kansas City Chiefs utilized social media, technology and game presentation

panels

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

competitive-advantages

innovationtechnologydatascience,mediacontent,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

football

events

Day 2

Mar 8, 2025

Panels

'Pablo Torre Finds Out' at SSAC

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

panels

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 1

Mar 7, 2025

Panels

'To A Touch More' with Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe presented by Wasserman Foundation

panels

business,innovationtechnologydatascience,investmentfinance

events

Day 2

Mar 8, 2025

Panels

10,000 Hours vs. The Sports Gene

panels

mediacontent,sportsinsociety,womenssports

events

Day 1

Panels

1-On-1 With Gary Bettman

panels

business

hockey

events

Day 2

Panels

1-On-1 With Nate Silver

panels

events

Day 2

Panels

panels

business

events

Day 2

Mar 7, 2020

Panels

1:1 With Enes Kanter

2020 DraftKings Sports Gaming Innovation Challenge

panels

events

Ongoing

Activities

activities

events

Ongoing

Activities

2020 Hackathon

activities

events

Ongoing

2020 Startup Competition & Trade Show

on-field,business,innovationtechnologydatascience,mediacontent,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Ongoing

2021 DraftKings Sports Gaming Innovation Challenge

business,innovationtechnologydatascience,careerseducation

events

Ongoing

Activities

2021 Startup Competition & Trade Show

activities

events

Ongoing

Apr 7, 2021

Activities

2021 Virtual Hackathon Presented by Major League Baseball

activities

events

Day 1

Mar 4, 2022

Activities

2022 Oracle Innovation Challenge

Bill Walsh Room

activities

events

Ongoing

Mar 4, 2023

Activities

2023 Hackathon Presented by Ticketmaster

activities

events

Day 2

Mar 3, 2022

Activities

2023 Startup Competition & Trade Show

Careers and Competitions Room

activities

events

Day 1

Mar 4, 2022

Competitive Advantages

3D Motion Analysis finally has a "Magic Camera": A pioneer's journey of how we finally got here

A 1-on-1 with Calvin Johnson and Bomani Jones

competitive-advantages

innovationtechnologydatascience,biomechanicsinjurypreventionmentalhealth

events

Day 2

Mar 5, 2022

Panels

A Conversation with Barack Obama

panels

business,careerseducation

football

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

events

Day 1

Panels

A Conversation with Mark Cuban and Andy Slavitt

panels

innovationtechnologydatascience,sportsinsociety,biomechanicsinjurypreventionmentalhealth

basketball

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

A Focused Approach to Data Analytics: Maximizing Player Performance

competitive-advantages

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 1

Panels

A Keeper: The Evolution of Soccer Analytics

panels

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience

soccer

events

Day 1

Mar 5, 2020

Panels

A New Arena: Careers After Sports

A New Generation: The Next Era of College Athletics

panels

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

on-field,business,fanegagementexperiencemarketing,policygovernance

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

A New Role for Machine Learning in Sponsorship Measurement

competitive-advantages

innovationtechnologydatascience,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

A Peek into the Future with Keemotion and ShotTracker

competitive-advantages

business

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

A Step In The Right Direction: The positive effects a sports team can have on public school education

competitive-advantages

careerseducation

events

Day 2

Mar 5, 2022

Competitive Advantages

A Trail Runner's Steep Climb on a Mountain of Data

A conversation with Andrew Yang and Nate Silver

competitive-advantages

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience,sportsinsociety

trackfield

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

sportsinsociety

events

Day 1

Mar 1, 2024

Competitive Advantages

AI at the Paris 2024 Olympics: Using GenAI to supercharge analytics and reach new audiences

competitive-advantages

innovationtechnologydatascience

otherolympic

events

Day 1

Mar 4, 2022

Competitive Advantages

Acceleration of Fan Insights: How the Philadelphia 76ers & New Jersey Devils Innovate with Data Presented by KAGR

Acceleration of Sports Data Innovation at ESPN

competitive-advantages

business,innovationtechnologydatascience,investmentfinance,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

innovationtechnologydatascience,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 2

Mar 8, 2025

Interactive Events

Accessibility in Sports Showcase

Room 305

interactive-events

events

Day 1

Mar 7, 2025

Interactive Events

Accessibility in Sports Showcase

Room 305

interactive-events

events

Day 2

Mar 1, 2019

Panels

Achievement Unlocked: ESports Analytics

Adapting on the Fly: The Future of Ticketing

panels

innovationtechnologydatascience,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

esports

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

business,innovationtechnologydatascience,realestateinfrastructure,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

Advanced Training Techniques

competitive-advantages

on-field

events

Day 2

Mar 4, 2023

Competitive Advantages

Advantage US Tennis: Leveraging Performance Analytics and Technology to Provide a Competitive Edge

competitive-advantages

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience,sportsinsociety

tennis

events

Day 2

Mar 8, 2025

Panels

Alpha Awards

Alternative Investing: Teams and SPACs

panels

sportsinsociety

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

investmentfinance,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 1

Panels

Amateurs or Industry: NCAA Reform

panels

events

Day 1

Feb 28, 2019

Panels

An American Analyst in London

Bill Walsh Room

panels

events

Day 1

Mar 3, 2023

Competitive Advantages

An Analytical Framework For Winning The Super Bowl

An Optimization Approach to Roster Creation and Game Scheduling

competitive-advantages

innovationtechnologydatascience

football

events

Day 2

Mar 7, 2020

Workshops

Research Papers Room

workshops

basketball

events

Day 1

Panels

Analytical Masterminds: A Live Look from The Masters

panels

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience

golf

events

Day 1

Panels

Analytics Illustrated with Kirk Goldsberry

panels

events

Day 1

Panels

Analytics In Action

panels

innovationtechnologydatascience

basketball

events

Day 1

Mar 3, 2023

Competitive Advantages

Analytics On Air - The NBA's First Full-Time Analytics Broadcaster

Analytics in Sports Business: Putting the Money in Moneyball

competitive-advantages

innovationtechnologydatascience,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

basketball

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

business,innovationtechnologydatascience

baseball

events

Day 1

Panels

Analytics of the Tommy John Injury Epidemic with Glenn Fleisig

panels

innovationtechnologydatascience,biomechanicsinjurypreventionmentalhealth

baseball

events

Day 2

Mar 4, 2023

Competitive Advantages

Applying Pressure: Exploring Pitching's Next Data Driven Opportunity

Art & Analytics of Negotiation

competitive-advantages

innovationtechnologydatascience,biomechanicsinjurypreventionmentalhealth

baseball

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

innovationtechnologydatascience,business

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

Artificial Intelligence 3.0: Are We Closer to Creating the Mind of Tom Brady?

competitive-advantages

innovationtechnologydatascience

football

events

Day 1

Mar 6, 2020

Panels

At the Intersection of AI and Human Potential

Competitive Advantage North

panels

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience,realestateinfrastructure

events

Day 1

Panels

Athlete Analytics

panels

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 1

Panels

Athletes and Activism

panels

business

events

Day 1

Mar 1, 2024

Competitive Advantages

Automatic Generation of Football Analytics

competitive-advantages

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience

football

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

Avoiding Tommy John: How the MLB has used better data and training methods to reduce elbow injuries

competitive-advantages

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience,biomechanicsinjurypreventionmentalhealth

baseball

events

Day 1

Mar 1, 2024

Competitive Advantages

BET: Building Excellent Technology in the 313

competitive-advantages

innovationtechnologydatascience,sportsinsociety

events

Day 1

Panels

Backdoor Cover: Revolutionizing Sports During COVID

panels

fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 2

Panels

Ball Don't Lie: The Future of Basketball Analytics

panels

innovationtechnologydatascience

basketball

events

Day 1

Mar 1, 2019

Panels

Baseball 2.0: Updating America's Pastime

Baseball Analytics: The Next Frontier

panels

events

Day 1

Panels

Baseball Analytics

panels

innovationtechnologydatascience

baseball

events

Day 1

Panels

Baseball Analytics

panels

innovationtechnologydatascience

baseball

events

Day 2

Panels

panels

innovationtechnologydatascience

baseball

events

Day 1

Panels

Basketball Analytics

panels

innovationtechnologydatascience

basketball

events

Day 1

Panels

Basketball Analytics

panels

innovationtechnologydatascience

basketball

events

Day 1

Panels

Basketball Analytics

panels

events

Day 2

Panels

Basketball Analytics: Hack-A-Stat

panels

events

Day 1

Feb 28, 2019

Panels

Basketball Analytics: Hunting for Unicorns

Basketball Analytics: Nothin' But Net... Rating

panels

events

Day 1

Mar 6, 2020

Panels

Basketball Analytics: Push the Tempo

panels

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

innovationtechnologydatascience

basketball

events

Ongoing

Workshops

Bayesian Modeling Workshop: Building Statistical Models, Understanding When To Use Bayesian Inference

workshops

events

Day 1

Panels

Beat the Odds: Anatomy of an Upset

panels

business

events

Day 2

Mar 4, 2023

Workshops

Beating the Book: Simulation-Driven Sports Betting

workshops

pokergambling

events

Day 1

Panels

Beating the Shift: Baseball Analytics in the Age of Big Data

panels

events

Day 2

Mar 8, 2025

Workshops

Behind the Deal: The Analytics of Sports Sponsorship Valuation

Workshop Room (311)

workshops

events

Day 2

Panels

Behind the Scenes in Sports Negotiating: What the Fans & Media Don't Get to See

panels

events

Day 1

Mar 3, 2023

Panels

Bet On It: A Conversation on Innovation in the Sports Betting Industry

Beyond Crunching Numbers: How to Have Influence

panels

innovationtechnologydatascience,fanegagementexperiencemarketing,pokergambling

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

events

Day 1

Mar 4, 2022

Panels

Beyond Expected Goals: Analyzing and Implementing the Next Phase of Soccer Analytics

Beyond Reason: Sports Labor Negotiations

panels

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

events

Day 1

Panels

Beyond the 4-4-2: Soccer Analytics

panels

innovationtechnologydatascience

soccer

events

Day 1

Mar 3, 2023

Competitive Advantages

Beyond the Beam: Inside the Sacramento Kings Fan Engagement Strategy

Beyond the Book: The Inevitable Expansion of Sports Betting Presented by Caesars Sportsbook

competitive-advantages

business,innovationtechnologydatascience,realestateinfrastructure,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

basketball

events

Day 1

Mar 4, 2022

Panels

Beyond the Box Office: The Evolution of Ticketing

panels

mediacontent,investmentfinance,pokergambling

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

business,realestateinfrastructure,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 2

Panels

Beyond the Foundation: Building a Team around a Superstar

panels

business

events

Day 1

Panels

Beyond the Gambit: Chess’ Big Move

panels

innovationtechnologydatascience

chess

events

Day 2

Panels

Beyond the Pitch: Transforming Soccer Through Advanced Analytics

panels

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience

soccer

events

Day 1

Mar 2, 2024

Competitive Advantages

Beyond the Scoreboard: The Science of Crafting Member-Centric Entertainment Platforms

competitive-advantages

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Beyond the Seat: Future of the Ticketing Marketplace

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Big Data Analytics in the Wide World of Sports

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Big Data Energy

Big Data Energy: How Marketing Technology and Analytics are Changing Sports

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Big Data for Sports

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Big Data – Insight to Action: Sports Case Studies

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Big Data: Lessons for Sports

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Mar 3, 2023

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Big Events, Big Tickets, Big Experiences: Managing the Fan Experience When Stakes are Highest

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NBA Lineup Analysis on Clustered Player Tendencies: A new approach to the positions of basketball & modeling lineup efficiency

New Evidence in the Study of Shirking in Major League Baseball

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No More Throwing Darts at the Wall: Developing Fair Handicaps for Darts using a Markov Decision Process

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Noisy Judgments: A probability surface-based analysis of umpiring variability

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Optimizing Baseball Fielder Positioning with Consideration for Adaptable Hitters

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PFF WAR: Modeling Player Value in American Football

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Performance Index: A New Way To Compare Players

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Player Benchmarking and Outcomes: A Behavioral Science Approach

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Player Chemistry: Striving for a Perfectly Balanced Soccer Team

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Player Pressure Map - A Novel Representation of Pressure in Soccer for Evaluating Player Performance in Different Game Contexts

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Player Tracking Facilitates Valid Causal Inference: The Average Treatment Effect of Defender Proximity on Scoring

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Playing Fast Not Loose: Evaluating team-level pace of play in ice hockey using spatio-temporal possession data

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Possession Sketches: Mapping NBA Strategies

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Predicting Major League Baseball Strikeout Rates from Differences in Velocity and Movement Among Player Pitch Types

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Predicting NBA Talent from Enormous Amounts of College Basketball Tracking Data

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Prediction of Defensive Player Trajectories in NFL Games with Defender CNN-LSTM model

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Projecting NFL Potential from College Career Performance Curve

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Pulling Starters

Recognizing and Analyzing Ball Screen Defense in the NBA

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Reconstruction of Trajectories of Athletes Using Computer Vision Models and Kinetic Analysis

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Revolutionizing Formula 1 Broadcasting: Unveiling the Impact of Personalized Virtual Advertising on Brand Recall through eyetracking

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Risk of Collusion: Will Groups of 3 Ruin the FIFA World Cup?

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Robust Daily Fantasy Sports: Maximizing Reward via the Robust Optimization Paradigm

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Routine Inspection: A playbook for corner kicks

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Running it Twice (or Thrice): Double-Header and Triple-Header Baseball Arbitration

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Scoring Strategies for the Underdog: A general, quantitative method for determining optimal sports strategies

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Scoring a Touchdown with Variable Pricing Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment in the NFL Ticket Markets

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Seeing in to the future: using self-propelled particle models to aid player decision-making in soccer

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Sharpstack: Cholesky Correlations for Building Better Lineups

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Sponsorship Revenue Forecasting for Sport Organizations: A Survival Analysis Approach

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Sports narrative enhancement with natural language generation

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Swing Shift: A Mathematical Approach to Defensive Positioning in Baseball

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The Adaptability Index: An Information Theoretic Framework for Measuring Player Adaptability

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The Dwight Effect: A New Ensemble of Interior Defense Analytics for the NBA

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The Economic Impact of NBA Superstars: Evidence from Missed Games using Ticket Microdata from a Secondary Marketplace

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The Economic Impact of NBA Superstars: Evidence from Missed Games using Ticket Microdata from a Secondary Marketplace

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The Evolution of Curling Analytics

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The Horizon of Sports is Digital: Using Fantasy Sports, e-Sports and Electronic Gambling to Find Next Generation of Ticket Buyers

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The Hot Hand: A New Approach to an Old “Fallacy”

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The Hot-Hand Fallacy: Cognitive Mistakes or Equilibrium Adjustments? Evidence from Major League Baseball

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The Pressing Game: Optimal Defensive Disruption in Soccer

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The Strain of Success: A Predictive Model for Injury Risk Mitigation and Team Success in Soccer

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The Three Dimensions of Rebounding

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The hidden foundation of field vision in English Premier League (EPL) soccer players

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The price of anarchy in basketball

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The right place at the right time: Advanced off-ball metrics for exploiting an opponent’s spatial weakenesses in soccer

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The value of flexibility in baseball roster construction

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Thinking the GOAT: Imitating Tennis Styles

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To Crash or Not To Crash: A quantitative look at the relationship between offensive rebounding and transition defense in the NBA

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Total Hockey Rating (THoR): A comprehensive statistical rating of National Hockey League forwards and defensemen based upon all on-ice events

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Training Schedule Confounds the Relationship between Acute:Chronic Workload Ratio and Injury

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Transformer-Based Baseball Modeling for Pitch Outcome Prediction and Strategy Optimization

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Understanding why shooters shoot - An AI-powered engine for basketball performance profiling

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Using Computer Vision and Machine Learning to Automatically Classify NFL Game Film and Develop a Player Tracking System

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Using Deep Learning to Understand Patterns of Player Movement in the NBA

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Using Digital Signals To Measure Audience Brand Engagement At Major Sports Events: The 2015 MLB Season

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Using Hex Maps to Classify & Cluster Dribble Hand-off Variants in the NBA

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Using Machine Learning to Describe how Players Impact the Game in the MLB

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Using Mobile Location Data to Assess Sponsorship Effectiveness

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Using Tracking Data to Build Offensive Line Development Tools

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Using Tracking and Charting Data to Better Evaluate NFL Players: A Review

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Volume and Intensity are Important Training Related Factors in Injury Incidence in American Football Athletes

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What Does it Take to Call a Strike? Three Biases in Umpire Decision Making

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When are they coming? Understanding and forecasting the timeline of arrivals at FC Barcelona stadium on match days

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Who Is Responsible For A Called Strike?

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Why do marketing partnerships end? Evidence from global sport sponsorships

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Wide Open Spaces: A statistical technique for measuring space creation in professional soccer

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Winning Isn’t Everything – A contextual analysis of hockey face-offs

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Winning duels in VALORANT, a visualization of optimal positioning

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You Cannot Do That Ben Stokes: Dynamically Predicting Shot Type in Cricket Using a Personalized Deep Neural Network

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cricWAR: A reproducible system for evaluating player performance in limited-overs cricket

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exPress: Contextual Valuation of Individual Players Within Pressing Situations in Soccer

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“Body Shots”: Analyzing Shooting Styles in the NBA using Body-Pose Attributes

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“Quality vs Quantity”: Improved Shot Prediction in Soccer using Strategic Features from Spatiotemporal Data

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“The Thin Edge of the Wedge”: Accurately Predicting Shot Outcomes in Tennis using Style and Context Priors

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“Win at Home and Draw Away”: Automatic Formation Analysis Highlighting the Differences in Home and Away Team Behaviors

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