Pater Familias
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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