Basketball

63 posts

September 2018

• SHAWN BRADLEY AS A BLACK SWAN. 2018-09-30
• SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS. 2018-09-29

April 2016

• DEFENDING AGAINST A HOT HAND. 2016-04-27

May 2015

• CHILDREN SHOULD PLAY MORE PICK UP BALL GAMES. 2015-05-22

April 2015

• THE KENDRICK PERKINS NINE STEP TRAVEL. 2015-04-12

March 2015

• EXPLAINING REFEREEING DECISIONS. 2015-03-18
• CHECKING A SAMPLE OF THE NBA’S REPORTS ON REFEREEING. 2015-03-17
• HERE IS WHAT A REVIEW OF REFEREEING LOOKS LIKE. 2015-03-09 · 1 comment
• IT HAPPENED! THE NBA ADMITS ERROR. 2015-03-06
• THE NBA WILL MAKE PUBLIC ITS REVIEWS OF CALLS IN THE LAST TWO MINUTES OF CLOSE GAMES. 2015-03-02

February 2015

• USING THEATER TO DISTRACT FREE THROW SHOOTERS. 2015-02-15

December 2014

• HOCKEY TAKES ACTION AGAINST FLOPPING. 2014-12-23
• WHAT DIFFERENCE DO STEROIDS MAKE IN ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE? 2014-12-05

April 2014

• FAN BOBBLEHEAD NIGHT. 2014-04-08

March 2014

• THE NBA SAYS IT WILL BE MORE OPEN ABOUT REFEREEING. 2014-03-19

January 2014

• “LE BRONING”—THE FAD OF FLOPPING. 2014-01-20
• CHANGING THE RULES MIDSEASON. 2014-01-14
• NBA ACKNOWLEDGES ANOTHER END OF GAME MISTAKE—A CHANGE IN RULES? (COMMENT). 2014-01-13
• SHOULD ONLY STARS GET CALLS AT THE END OF A GAME? 2014-01-05 · 1 comment
• THE NBA ACKNOWLEDGES THAT A CALL AT THE END OF A GAME WAS WRONG. 2014-01-04 · 2 comments

December 2013

• WHAT KIND OF BASKETBALL REFEREEING WOULD I WANT?—MOVING SCREENS (COMMENT). 2013-12-10
• WHAT KIND OF BASKETBALL REFEREEING WOULD I WANT?—TAKING THE BALL OUT OF THE BASKET. (COMMENT). 2013-12-09

November 2013

• CALLING MORE FOULS IN PRO BASKETBALL. 2013-11-09
• CALLING MORE FOULS IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL. 2013-11-08

May 2013

• LEBRON’S “11 WORST NBA FLOPS”. 2013-05-29
• A LEBRON FLOP—AND A WINK. 2013-05-25
• FLOPPING IS NOW BEING PENALIZED. 2013-05-25
• DANGEROUS PLAYS IN BASKETBALL. 2013-05-23
• WHAT HOCKEY GETS RIGHT ABOUT DANGEROUS PLAYS. 2013-05-08

October 2012

• WHAT DIFFERENCE DO REFEREES MAKE? 2012-10-30

February 2012

• MONEYBALL AND “LINSANITY”. 2012-02-18

December 2011

• BASKETBALL ALL STARS—DOES DEFENSE MATTER? 2011-12-16 · 1 comment

November 2011

• TWINS COMPETING WITH EACH OTHER. 2011-11-30

April 2011

• THE BEST FINAL FOUR PREDICTION. 2011-04-05
• DEFENSE MAKES FOR “UGLY GAMES.” 2011-04-05

March 2011

• THE PERSISTENCE OF THE HOME TEAM ADVANTAGE. 2011-03-05

December 2010

• THE NBA AND PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING. 2010-12-28

November 2010

• ODD PLAYING FIELDS SHAPING ATHLETES. 2010-11-28

May 2010

• ENFORCING A 55 MPH LIMIT WHEN EVERY CAR IS GOING 75. 2010-05-28 · 1 comment
• PLAYOFF HOCKEY AND PLAYOFF BASKETBALL. 2010-05-28

April 2010

• REVIEWING THE PERFORMANCE OF UMPIRES. 2010-04-10 · 3 comments

March 2010

• SABERMETRICS AND BASKETBALL. 2010-03-13
• SABERMETRICS COMES TO GOLF. 2010-03-13

February 2010

• TYRUS THOMAS—DEFENSE VERSUS OFFENSE. 2010-02-20 · 2 comments

November 2009

• AN ARGUMENT FOR MAKING REFEREE REVIEWS PUBLIC IN SOCCER. 2009-11-22

October 2009

• MAKING REFEREE RATINGS PUBLIC—UPDATE. 2009-10-31
• MY FAVORITE SPORTS NICKNAME. 2009-10-25

July 2009

• DIMAGGIO DID IT TWICE. 2009-07-07

May 2009

• EVERYBODY IN THE INFIELD. 2009-05-29
• AN UMPIRE MAKES HIS RATING KNOWN. 2009-05-28
• NOT CARING ABOUT THE SCORE. 2009-05-05

March 2009

• SCAMS: FLOOD PREPARATION. 2009-03-28
• IT’S NOT ONLY MADOFF: ATHLETES AND INVESTMENT SCAMS. 2009-03-28 · 1 comment
• BENCHMARKS FOR FREE THROWS. 2009-03-05
• BASEBALL DEFENSIVE STATISTICS. 2009-03-04

February 2009

• MEASURING DEFENSE IN THE NBA. 2009-02-18
• PLAYING SCRABBLE LIKE AN NBA ALL STAR GAME. 2009-02-15 · 1 comment

October 2008

• ARE TWINS BETTER IN SOME SPORTS THAN IN OTHERS? 2008-10-27

December 2007

• AN ECONOMIST CALLS FOR MAKING REFEREE EVALUATIONS PUBLIC. 2007-12-21 · 2 comments

July 2007

• SHOULD REFEREE RATINGS BE PUBLIC? 2007-07-26
• TWINS IN SPORTS– WITH ONE MISTAKEN IDENTITY STORY (COMMENT). 2007-07-21 · 1 comment

January 2007

• MUSCLE MEMORY AND HOT HANDS FOR BASKETBALL PLAYERS. 2007-01-30

November 2006

• BASKETBALL–HOW IMPORTANT IS DEFENSE? 2006-11-24 · 1 comment