Tag: NBA
For these students, using data in sports is about more than...
Felesia Stukes, Johnson C. Smith University
When professional sports teams use big data and analytics, their objective is to improve player performance and win more...
Let’s call athletes ‘workers,’ and let’s call these NBA protests what...
Abraham I. Khan, Pennsylvania State University
The Milwaukee Bucks’ startling refusal to take to the court for their NBA playoff game on Aug. 26 was...
Star player who expressed interest in going to an HBCU may...
Jasmine Harris, Ursinus College
Mikey Williams, one of the nation’s best 15-year-old basketball players, sent shockwaves through the sports world when he tweeted that he...
The Kobe legacy: Should the NBA let high school players skip...
Nicole Kraft, The Ohio State University
Less than a decade after 18-year-old Kobe Bryant got drafted into the NBA in 1996, the league made all...
The Kobe legacy: Should the NBA let high school players skip...
Nicole Kraft, The Ohio State University
Less than a decade after 18-year-old Kobe Bryant got drafted into the NBA in 1996, the league made all...
Why losing Kobe Bryant felt like losing a relative or friend
Edward R. Hirt, Indiana University
On the afternoon of Jan. 26, I was at the Indiana men’s basketball game when a chorus of cellphones in...
What really causes home field advantage – and why it’s on...
Konstantinos Pelechrinis, University of Pittsburgh
Never before has the away team won every single game in the World Series, but that’s exactly what happened this...
Why it matters that more athletes are talking about their mental...
John Affleck, Pennsylvania State University
The great basketball writer Jackie MacMullan recently stood at the front of a hotel ballroom in Tampa taking questions after...