Sports statisticians analyze data pertaining to sporting events, usually for major sports such as baseball, football or basketball. Sometimes called a scorer, sports statisticians record data live as ...

In 2021, with a 9-8 record in the regular season, the Philadelphia Eagles secured a spot as a Wild Card team in the NFL playoffs. But, on January 16, 2022, when they faced the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, ...

Statistical analyst and ex-NBA assistant coach Dean Oliver visits WIRED to answer sports math questions from the internet. What’s the most efficient shot to take on a basketball court? Are NFL running ...

In the world of sports, there is an ever-growing need for real-time data and statistics in order to be able to analyze performance. Access to such data enables coaches and athletes to better ...

BEAVER TOWNSHIP — For the past 23 years, Struthers native Tom Bochenek has served as crew chief and official sports statistician for the Cleveland Browns, overseeing a crew of five who supply all ...

Sports performance analytics encapsulates collecting, analyzing and interpreting data as it pertains to the sports industry. The major has a range of applications in the sports industry from ...

Maury Salinger, a longtime Houston-area sportswriter and high school sports statistician, has died. He was 75. Salinger, who lived in Wharton, worked for area radio stations and newspapers and for ...

CHICAGO — Nate Silver’s political rags-to-riches story plays out on a BlackBerry brimming with e-mails and a schedule conspiring to run him into the ground. Last spring he was a sports statistics ...

Many junior high students like to watch sports, but few use statistics to accurately predict the NBA's most valuable player. Zachary Knowlton, who is graduating this month with a master's degree in ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — From 1997 to 2002, Christopher Jones was on the sidelines of Norfolk State University football, basketball, and baseball games compiling information on the touchdowns, baskets, ...

Dennis Minishian, a leading sports statistician in Los Angeles for nearly 40 years, has died. He was 61. Minishian died Wednesday at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in West Los Angeles after a heart attack ...