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Olympic Distance Running -- Dominated Strategies?
In Thursday's 800m final, David Rudisha set the track on fire with a new world record -- the first ever under 1:41. He led from start to finish and pulled ... -
Cool video on point differences in the NBA
At the end of regulation, tied scores are about twice as frequent as what you would expect from a strategy-free, i.i.d. scoring model. Using data from the last 13 years ... -
Time to renegotiate?
Tom Hicks, owner of the Texas Rangers, Dallas Stars, Liverpool FC, and who knows what else, has defaulted on $525 million in debt. He says its no big deal, just ... -
Is Steroid Use in Baseball a Positive-Sum Game?
I don't like pitchers' duels in baseball. I like to see high-scoring games. Low-scoring games remind me too much of all the things I didn't like about pre-2005 hockey games ...
