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Vol. CLIV, Issue 6
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Sloan Conference Unites Jocks and Nerds

Riley Foreman March 13, 2014
No, it’s not the classroom. Nor is it a locker room. The MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference is a home to both jocks and nerds. Last weekend representatives from the two parties met in Boston to discuss the relationship between numbers and sports. I mingled with team owners, statisticians, coaches, athletes, students and even TV personalities and listened to discussions such as “A Data-driven method for In-game Decision Making in MLB” and “The Changing Nature of Media Rights.”
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