This isn't the season the Philadelphia 76ers expected
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28846392/this-season-philadelphia-76ers-expected [www.espn.com]
2020-03-07 18:30
tags:
basketball
development
sports
Before his team had such grand expectations, Brown would use these “hermit” trips, as he calls them, to watch the last two minutes of almost every close game played in the NBA. His video coordinator would cut footage for him so he could study how these games unfolded from an offensive and defensive perspective.
The grandmaster diet: How to lose weight while barely moving
https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/27593253/why-grandmasters-magnus-carlsen-fabiano-caruana-lose-weight-playing-chess [www.espn.com]
2019-09-14 13:45
tags:
life
sports
Robert Sapolsky, who studies stress in primates at Stanford University, says a chess player can burn up to 6,000 calories a day while playing in a tournament, three times what an average person consumes in a day. Based on breathing rates (which triple during competition), blood pressure (which elevates) and muscle contractions before, during and after major tournaments, Sapolsky suggests that grandmasters’ stress responses to chess are on par with what elite athletes experience.
source: MR
What is thoracic outlet syndrome, and what does it mean for Markelle Fultz?
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/25455660/what-thoracic-outlet-syndrome-does-mean-markelle-fultz [www.espn.com]
2018-12-05 16:26
tags:
biology
life
medicine
sports
In today’s edition of things to diagnose your friends with.
Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) refers to a collection of signs and symptoms resulting from neurovascular compression at the thoracic outlet. The word neurovascular denotes the structures -- both nerve (neuro) and artery/vein (vascular) -- that might be compromised.
The thoracic outlet is an anatomical region between the neck and the shoulder where key blood vessels and nerves travel en route to supply the upper extremity. Compression or abnormal pressure of structures in the thoracic outlet can be due to soft tissue (such as muscle or ligament) or bone (such as a normal rib, an extra rib or the collarbone) anomalies.
The untold story of Mike Leach's 'lost' OU play script that fooled Texas
http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/24866357/the-untold-1999-texas-oklahoma-story-mike-leach-fake-play-script [www.espn.com]
2018-10-03 21:36
tags:
football
opsec
sports
During pregame warm-ups of that year’s Red River Showdown, an underhanded script outlining OU’s opening offensive plays was spotted on the field by one of Texas’ student assistants, who scooped it up and took it to Longhorns defensive coordinator Carl Reese. To the heavily favored Longhorns, it seemed as if they’d caught an enormous break.
It was a fake, part of a plot hatched by Leach, the Sooners’ offensive coordinator, and consulted by the Longhorns, who quickly fell behind 17-0 before realizing they’d been duped.
Can’t con an honest man...
The risky move a title-starved team should try: Trade a young, star QB
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/24801136/how-nfl-teams-trade-young-qb-starters-thrive-bill-barnwell-2018 [www.espn.com]
2018-09-28 17:33
tags:
finance
football
sports
Unless your quarterback is married to a supermodel with a net worth stretching into nine figures, though, the bargain doesn’t last forever. The best-case scenario is that you get four seasons of excellent play at a below-market rate before locking up your franchise passer and hoping to find arbitrage opportunities elsewhere.
How to best value an asset that will increase in absolute terms but decline in relative terms?
Living The Stream
http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/24710688/fortnite-legend-ninja-living-stream [www.espn.com]
2018-09-18 20:01
tags:
gaming
sports
How did Ninja become gaming’s first crossover star? The Fortnite legend is relentless about one thing: He’s always on.
The Cowboys' salary-cap mismanagement is wasting Dak Prescott
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/24653201/how-dallas-cowboys-wasting-dak-prescott-rookie-deal-salary-cap-nfl-2018 [www.espn.com]
2018-09-13 16:28
tags:
business
finance
football
sports
In reality, though, they aren’t spending because they find themselves in a difficult cap situation, even with the benefit of Prescott’s minuscule salary. For years now, they’ve operated with a unique strategy designed to pay their top stars market-value contracts while simultaneously keeping their cap hits relatively team-friendly. It might sound like a great plan, and it is when everyone stays healthy and effective. The downside is that when those players become ineffective or are otherwise unable to play, teams end up paying the price. While most teams can move on from veteran deals without incurring significant costs, the Cowboys have been stuck paying uncomfortable amounts of dead money.
Mostly a football story, but maybe some technical debt parallels. Borrow from tomorrow.
Won and done? Sportsbooks banning the smart money
http://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/24425026/gambling-bookmakers-growing-us-legal-betting-market-allowed-ban-bettors [www.espn.com]
2018-08-20 20:19
tags:
business
gaming
policy
sports
Bookmakers from London to Las Vegas are refusing to take bets from a growing number of customers whose only offense might be trying to win.
In shooting for commercial success, should bookmakers be allowed to refuse to take bets from customers who take steps to try to win? On the other hand, should a business be forced to take on a customer they fear will repeatedly damage its bottom line?
MLB myth-buster: The shift isn't curbing runs; it's creating them
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/24265798/mlb-myth-buster-shift-curbing-runs-creating-them [www.espn.com]
2018-08-08 00:31
tags:
baseball
factcheck
sports
The twist is that, eight seasons after the shift era really took off, two years after the first shift data became widely public and now a few months after Statcast-based shift data became available, we have a growing body of research into how the shift affects the game and, indeed, whether it even works. And the data confounds the conventional wisdom.
'Strikeouts are sexy' ... but these pitchers are succeeding without K's
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/23780447/strikeouts-sexy-pitchers-succeeding-ks [www.espn.com]
2018-06-15 17:28
tags:
baseball
sports
“They call it a perfect inning when a guy gets three strikeouts on nine pitches. Everybody ‘oohs’ and ‘ahhs’ at that. But really, the perfect inning is three pitches and three outs. You can’t do any better than that.’’
Joy and secret rage: How Steph Curry ignites the Warriors
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/23653701/nba-how-steph-curry-ignites-golden-state-warriors [www.espn.com]
2018-06-01 18:07
tags:
basketball
life
sports
They would strive to make one of Curry’s defining traits their cornerstone. It would be a constant, felt in the practice facility (where music thumps) and film sessions (where jokes fly) and far beyond. It would be one of the few qualities that, in the age of analytics, remained difficult to tally: happiness.
Breaking down the most common mistakes at the National Spelling Bee
http://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/23574524/2018-scripps-national-spelling-bee-numbers [www.espn.com]
2018-05-27 01:09
tags:
language
sports
WARNING: This story contains mature language: Some of the words are derived from ancient Greek.
When The Dubs Hit The Turbo Button
http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/23453684/nba-secret-warriors-dominance [www.espn.com]
2018-05-11 19:47
tags:
basketball
sports
By the time opponents know what’s hit them, it’s already too late. This is how the Warriors crush -- and how the NBA fails to fight back.
No actual answer of course, just some interesting stats. The team that scores more points usually wins.
The untold history of the cookie cake, recruiting's must-have dessert
http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/22275540/cookie-cakes-football-recruiting-origin-myth [www.espn.com]
2018-02-04 00:59
tags:
food
football
hoipolloi
In recruiting, the search for the next big thing means that sweet treats have to evolve. That is exactly why Scott said Clemson decided to move away from cookie cakes, instead using gourmet cupcakes for official visitors.
The Greatest Story Ever Trolled
http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/21741498/philadelphia-76ers-joel-embiid-bringing-team-life [www.espn.com]
2017-12-13 05:40
tags:
basketball
hoipolloi
social
sports
Joel Embiid has turned the Sixers’ famed process into performance art, and everyone is feeling merry and bright -- for now.
Of course he is aware it makes people within the organization crazy that their budding superstar keeps giving shoutouts to the deposed general manager who led the franchise to one of the worst stretches in NBA history. That’s kind of the point.
“On social media, I can hide behind the computer or the iPhone,” Embiid says. “Internet courage.”
How MJ, LeBron match up after King James' 1,072nd career game
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/21318089/where-michael-jordan-lebron-james-stack-1072nd-career-game [www.espn.com]
2017-11-08 21:48
tags:
basketball
sports
Why is that noteworthy? Because Michael Jordan played in 1,072 regular-season games in his 15-season career, and in case you’ve been under a rock or off Twitter for the past decade, the NBA world has been known to compare the two legends’ careers.
Not sure I’ve been under a rock, but the fact LeBron’s career has been as long as Jordan’s did sneak up on me.
How a single phone call led to Hugh Freeze's downfall
http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/20145148/ole-miss-rebels-hugh-freeze-ouster-result-odd-pairing-houston-nutt-attorney-mississippi-state-bulldogs-writer [www.espn.com]
2017-07-24 23:05
tags:
football
opsec
sports
Opsec tip: Don’t call escorts with a phone subject to FOIA requests.
Lawyers, others vie for pieces of NFL concussion settlement
http://www.espn.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/19029607/billion-dollar-nfl-concussion-settlement-turns-nasty-lawyers-others-vie-pieces-payouts-players [www.espn.com]
2017-03-29 17:38
tags:
finance
football
policy
sports
After a drawn out legal battle, that’s when the real fighting begins.
Ranking the greatest QB seasons in NFL history
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/18544124/ranking-greatest-qb-seasons-nfl-history [www.espn.com]
2017-01-30 03:16
tags:
football
sports
With league shares, we simply take an important counting statistic and look at what portion of the leaguewide total in that stat an athlete accounted for in a given season. We can then apply that percentage to different years if we want to translate his statistics.
This is a neat way to assess performance across time.