Tag: nfl
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...
Top football recruits bring in big money for colleges – COVID-19...
Trevon Logan, The Ohio State University
Colleges and universities are spending more than ever to land the nation’s top football recruits, with some schools having...
Can an intelligence test forecast which quarterback draft prospects will have...
Joshua D. Pitts, Kennesaw State University
Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is slated to be selected with one of the first 10 picks in the NFL Draft.
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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...
I traveled to American Samoa 5 times to study the secret...
Rob Ruck, University of Pittsburgh
With training camp in full swing, quarterback Marcus Mariota, the first Samoan Heisman Trophy winner, will be the signal caller...
Belichick versus McVay: An age-old question of leadership
Megan Gerhardt, Miami University
Super Bowl LIII will pit the Los Angeles Rams against the New England Patriots, but the sidelines will be the setting...
Super Bowl LIII and the soul of Atlanta
Derrick P. Alridge, University of Virginia
As a historian who studies W.E.B. Du Bois – and as someone who once lived in nearby Athens, Georgia...
Is it immoral to watch football?
Francisco Javier López Frías, Pennsylvania State University and Cesar R. Torres, The College at Brockport, State University of New York
For a large swath of...