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Nate Silver, quantification of sports and edging out of surprise

Jeff MacGregor
Post-"Moneyball" sports have become a blizzard of numbers, and every snowflake or at-bat can be discernible as an individual event, but also blinding in the aggregate. This can be discouraging stuff to press box traditionalists.
Story | Conversation | November 19, 2012
Holy grail hunt: The search for a true, pure sport upset

Jeff MacGregor
Maybe an "upset" isn't really a surprise at all. Maybe it's just the failure of a reasonable occurrence to conform to an unreasonable expectation.
Story | Conversation | July 03, 2012