NBA teams and analysts have used Player Efficiency Rating (PER) for many years to create a more nuanced picture of player performance,...

Sports are like so many advanced human endeavors – they can be described, understood and improved by numbers. That was the point of the...

One of the reasons the “Ted Lasso” character Nathan is so compelling is that Nathans really do happen in sports. From the pitch to the...

The basis of any analytics is the benchmark – literally. To interpret a set of data, the analyst has to establish what he or she is...

By: Raf Keustermans Anytime new technologies or systems become too valuable or ubiquitous not to integrate for businesses across an...

In the early 2000s, Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane brought “Moneyball” to Major League Baseball – and, soon after, the...

In the NBA, it’s not just a marketing cliche: the playoffs are a new season. Efforts are redoubled, coaches get more time to scout an...

Load management, a phrase first coined to describe the balancing of an electrical supply on a network, has since gone mainstream. In...

The data revolution in sports hasn’t just arrived. It has been here. By now, it practically has its own parking spot and VIP box at the...

The notion of sports as the great meritocracy is a fine one in theory. But whoever conceived the idea never heard of Manchester United or...

True technological breakthroughs are rare in sports. What’s more, when they do occur, they tend not to burst through the tape at the...

Collecting and managing player performance data across sports has never been easier than it is today. With advantages like modern...

Whether you’re browsing the pages of Fast Company or FourFourTwo, it’s unlikely that you’ll find many comparisons of Jürgen Klopp to Elon...

Pressure to win at the highest levels of professional sports can be smothering and all-consuming. Managers and coaches, knowing how few...

The tech revolution in sports, in case you weren’t aware, is already well underway. From the performance technology and broadcast...

Technology has proven again and again its potential to affect and improve the sports industry and the games themselves, often by leaps...

As LiDAR technology gradually penetrates the Premier League, along with other major sports organizations not known for their warm embrace...

For many years, franchise success at the highest levels of sports sprang from the seeds of the talent evaluation department. The science...

Perhaps the most important development in professional sports so far this century has been the industry’s embrace of data. After finally...

In “Moneyball,” the 2003 book authored by Michael Lewis and its 2011 film adaptation, a central tension drives the narrative – and has...

Sports technology advances in fits and starts. In a space that traditionally has been conservative in its adoption of (and investment in)...