Ethan Hammerman
Meeting of the Minds: Five Thoughts From the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference
On Saturday, March 6, over 1,000 of the world’s brightest analytical minds met in the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center to discuss the future of projecting and analyzing professional sports. From ESPN personality Bill Simmons to Indianapolis Colts general manager Bill Polian, the breadth of those who attended the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference covered [...]
Happy returns: Thomas, Satan lead Bruins to first home win since Winter Classic
The Boston Bruins finally broke through, winning their first “home” game since their victory over the Philadelphia Flyers in the Winter Classic by beating the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 in a shootout. It was Miroslav Satan’s beautiful deke and shot past Jean-Sebastian Giguere that gave the Bruins an advantage, and Tim Thomas stoned Tyler Bozak [...]
More Maroney? Patriots ponderables at the running back position
The Patriots, besides being one of the most secretive organizations in sports, also tend to be the most counter-intuitive. A perfect example of this is how they address the running back position.
Running back is, possibly, the single easiest position to fill through the draft. There are only three things that should cause one to shy [...]
Brady-in-waiting; Protege Hoyer vs. this year’s crop of QBs
**This blog post will be the first in a series looking at the Patriots needs coming up until draft day, as well as the general crop of talent that will be available in this year’s draft class. Please keep reading and comment!
Now we’re getting down to the nitty-gritty. It’s almost Christmas, Hanukkah, Easter and whatever [...]
Sports Rundown 2/13- Red Sox offseason recap, the Colts are no Pats, and the struggles continue for Isiah Thomas
On the docket this week:
- A look at the new members of the Boston Red Sox
- Peyton Manning <<<<< Tom Brady
- Isiah Thomas is a failure
Here you go, and keep listening!
Marquette staves off rally, beats Friars 82-79
The Providence Friars came extremely close to pulling a major upset on Saturday afternoon after closing an seven-point deficit to one with 56 seconds left. However, a desperation Vincent Council three-pointer clanged off of the rim as time expired, giving the Marquette Golden Eagles a 82-79 victory.
The Friars (12-11, 4-7) got off to a hot [...]
ReMOCKable: A first look at the Patriots’ offseason
I’m in a very mock offseason mood today. Maybe because I keep laughing at how stupid Martha Coakley was (that Curt Schilling quip cost her the election.) Maybe because I’m bored and have nothing else better to do. Maybe I’m just going crazy. Regardless, I’ve decided that I want to try one of these mock [...]
NFidoL: A 2009 Year in Review…with a twist
It’s the middle of January. Usually, we would be getting hyped up for another Patriots playoff battle on their quest for another Super Bowl. This year, however, we are stuck on the sidelines as two of our team’s most hated rivals, the Colts and the Jets, will battle it out for the position. I know, [...]
Flipped by the birds: Thoughts on the end of the season and the loss to the Ravens
If a game was ever over in the first quarter, this was it.
I still held out idle hope that the Patriots would somehow be able to pull a “2006 Indianapolis Colts” and get back into the game in the second half, but they simply were unable to figure out a swarming, malicious Ravens defense that [...]
Scaring the Crows: Matching Up the Patriots and Ravens
It all seemed to be spelled out in black and white. The Patriots win, they get the three. They lose, they could still get the three anyway, not to mention that there was not much of a difference between the three and four seeds. It seemed like an ideal time to rest some of the [...]
