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Tom Brady and Kevin Burkhardt in the Fox Super Bowl LIX booth. (Awful Announcing on X.)

Fox

Sportradar’s Zach Robinow on how so many Super Bowl stats come back to Tom Brady

A logo for ESPN’s new “Sunday Night Baseball Statcast Edition.” (ESPN.)

ESPN

Kevin Brown on ‘Sunday Night Baseball Statcast Edition’ alternate broadcast: ‘These numbers don’t have to be scary.’

George Chahrouri talking with Dan Patrick in September 2020.

Pro Football Focus reportedly ‘quietly fired’ exec George Chahrouri earlier this year: ‘It was long overdue.’

"When I got asked what was the last straw [for Chahrouri], I had to laugh. He’s been this way the whole [expletive] time."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJun 16, 2024 0
Photos of paintings of Negro Leagues stars Satchel Paige (“Steve Musgrave’s “Satchel Paige”) and Josh Gibson (Jared Kraus’ “Personification”). (Photos by Dave Clark/The Cincinnati Enquirer, via USA Today Sports.)

MLB

MLB work on Negro Leagues stat additions ‘not even close to being done,’ with game-by-game data planned down the road

Jared Kraus' "Personification" painting of Josh Gibson.

Josh Gibson set to lead MLB in multiple categories after integration of Negro Leagues statistics Wednesday

Gibson will now be recognized as the MLB single-season leader in batting average, slugging percentage, and OPS.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnMay 28, 2024 4
Lynette Woodard (L) and Caitlin Clark. (Woodard photo from Bernard Gotfryd at the 1986 Ms. Magazine Woman of the Year Awards, via Wikipedia. Clark photo from a Feb. 22 game against Indiana, from Rich Janzaruk/The (Bloomington) Herald-Times via USA Today Sports.)

College Basketball

‘Inconsistent’ NCAA ignoring of women’s basketball history and records bashed: ‘It should not be dismissed.’

White Sox embarrass top prospect with absurd graphic

The White Sox's attempt to hype a top prospect backfired as his underwhelming minor league stats exposed the team's desperation.

By Sam Neumann OnJan 23, 2024 0
Boston Celtics players on the bench during the second half against the Miami Heat in game three of the Eastern Conference Finals

ESPN Analytics gives the Celtics high chances of an unprecedented comeback from an 0-3 deficit

One stated version of ESPN Analytics' BPI gives the Celtics a 31 percent chance to come back from a 0-3 series deficit.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnMay 22, 2023 0
Members of the Celtics after a Game 2 loss to the Heat.

ESPN Analytics doubles down on Celtics, claiming a 65 percent chance to beat Heat despite trailing series 0-2

Before the Eastern Conference Finals, ESPN Analytics' Basketball Power Index gave the Celtics a 97 percent chance to beat the Heat. And down 0-2, the model still gives them a 65 percent chance to win.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnMay 20, 2023 2
An ESPN graphic on their analytics for Will Levis at pick No. 25.

ESPN’s repeated use of their own analytics for Will Levis got roasted

ESPN's NFL Draft coverage Thursday leaned heavily into their own Draft Day Predictor model, which projected there was less than a 0.1 percent chance Will Levis would still be available at pick No. 25. Levis was not taken in the first round at all, and that had many questioning the analytics here.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnApr 28, 2023 2
Pro Football Network chief content officer David Bearman. (Supplied.)

ESPN

David Bearman talks move from ESPN to Pro Football Network chief content officer role: ‘I want to make PFN a destination.’

FOX using Sportradar to enhance Super Bowl LVII broadcast

"I'm able to provide him with nuggets that really support an advanced football tactical point that he wants to make..."

By Jessica Kleinschmidt OnFeb 9, 2023 0
Scott Servais.

Baseball-Reference actually adds a “fun differential” stat for the Mariners following Scott Servais’ comments

"It's very important to us that we stay on the cutting edge of all the newest developments in baseball statistics."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnAug 25, 2021 0
The NBC goal-to-go graphic.

Right after NBC discussed the Bucs scoring on every goal-to-go situation this year, they failed to score on one

Tampa Bay was 22-for-22 in goal-to-go touchdowns, while New Orleans had allowed touchdowns in all 13 goal-to-go situations they had faced. Both of those stats changed after Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth discussed them.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnNov 8, 2020 2
Larry Lester discussing Negro Leagues stats on Real Sports.

Real Sports examines Negro Leagues statistics: “It’s kind of like digging for gold.”

"All I’m asking for is fairness, an open mind and an open heart, to accept what is obvious, that black ballplayers were equal. Not because of their skin, but because of their talent. And we can prove that quantitatively."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnOct 20, 2020 5

League Networks

MLB Network’s Harold Reynolds said home runs aren’t factored into slugging percentage, then claimed they were counted like doubles

FiveThirtyEight sets single-day traffic record around presidential debate

While the first Clinton-Trump presidential debate drew tons of viewers away from ESPN’s Monday Night Football this week,...

By Andrew Bucholtz OnSep 27, 2016 75

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