Data science is huge in sports, and it's not just game stats anymore. Player and ball tracking data are changing the way major sports leagues play games.
We dive into how these data are analyzed and what the results mean to coaches and teams with Kirk Goldsberry, NBA analyst at ESPN and author of Sprawlball, and Brian Macdonald, Faculty in Sports Analytics ... Show More
Jun 1
The Judgment of Paris at 50: Wine, Wisdom, and What We Still Don’t Know
This month’s episode of the Harvard Data Science Review Podcast uncorks the fascinating intersection of wine, judgment, and data science. Economist and wine expert Orley Ashenfelter and Master of Wine Susan Lin join us to explore the enduring legacy of the 1976 “Judgment of Paris ... Show More
29m 41s
Mar 2025
874: How AI is Transforming Baseball (with Lessons For All of Us)
In this Five-Minute Friday, Jon Krohn talks baseball. For decades, coaches have relied on player performance stats to make in-game decisions and refine their season strategies. Now, AI led by Statcast is taking baseball strategy even further, massively broadening analytics data t ... Show More
14m 27s
Jun 2023
#141 How Data Science is Transforming the NBA
Historically in elite team sports, there has often been a dynamic between players and their inherent abilities, and the vision of the coach. In many sports, we’ve seen coaching strategies influence the future of how the game is played. As the era of professionalism swept across m ... Show More
49m 45s