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For head-to-head sports, including football, Vint is an advocate of the research of Hungarian physicist Arpad Elo. “We used a method originally developed to assess skill among international chess players (a USOC-modified version of the Elo method),” he explained. “The Elo method took into account both how you did in the tournament, but also who you competed against. All things considered, it did terrifically well at identifying the most internationally…

Screencap credit: Sports Illustrated Sports Illustrated has laid off a number of staffers, according to multiple sources, as a part of approximately 40 layoffs of editorial staffers across Time Inc. properties, that POLITICO reported began on Thursday. This comes a week after 110 Time Inc. sales and advertising staffers were laid off, a month after a broader Time Inc. organizational shuffle that included Chris Stone stepping into Paul Fichtenbaum’s shoes…

Kimmage also compared Hickey to some of the administrators involved in running cycling, and wondered whether Hickey – and some of the other heads of sporting organisations – truly love the sports that they are supposed to be in charge of. “Pat Hickey is another one of those guys who got in there and got onto the ladder and started climbing,” he said.

Baseball writers are all frauds, and I’m the worst offender of all. Every year, we’re presented with a month of games and asked to assign meaning to them. The Phillies are surprise contenders. Bryce Harper is going to hit 74 home runs. Mat Latos just might be back. The takes are hot, the takes are dumb, but it’s not like we’re going to go a month without takes. Goodness, no….

KINSTON, Lenoir County – For the first time since the end of the 2011 season, baseball is returning to Kinston and Grainger Stadium. An agreement was reached where the Texas Rangers will field a high Class A team in the city known for years for its baseball. The team will be part of the Carolina League. It’s anticipated the league will also field a newly formed team in Fayetteville, which…

For those who are unfamiliar with my thought process, I aim to add as many home run hitters as possible to my daily fantasy baseball lineups. One way of doing that is to look at a player’s isolated power numbers (ISO). The ISO statistic removes singles and provides a larger weight for each extra-base hit. I also use the weighted on-base average (wOBA) metric. This stat takes every positive outcome into consideration. Last year,…

“I’d get called a dyke a lot – people would shout it at me all the time and say I was a boy because I got into sport.” Marcelly Vitória de Mendonça, 16, has spent the morning jostling with 300 or so other schoolgirls who have been invited to the UN’s event on empowering young women at the City of Arts culture complex in Rio de Janeiro. She seems confident…

Media playback is not supported on this device Great Britain’s Olympic review It has been an Olympic fiesta like never before for Britain: their best medal haul in 108 years, second in the medal table, the only host nation to go on to win more medals at the next Olympics. Never before has a Briton won a diving gold. Never before has a Briton won a gymnastics gold. There have…

RIO DE JANEIRO — South America’s Olympic debut ended Sunday night doused with a tropical drizzle but dancing all the way, a festive Brazilian farewell to a zany 17 days of brilliant athletic performances served with a sideshow of mishaps and scares. The world’s athletes, shrouded in plastic ponchos and smiling through the rain, seemed an apt ending to an Olympics that was always an uphill climb. With dancers dressed…

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Post to Facebook Posted! A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. 1 of 11 2 of 11 3 of 11 4 of 11 5 of 11 6 of 11 7 of 11 8 of 11 9 of 11 10 of 11 11 of 11 Last SlideNext Slide Cincinnati Reds manager Bryan Price watches from the dugout against the Los Angeles Dodgers during the sixth inning at Great American…

By Grant Ramey of the Knoxville News Sentinel Former Farragut High School standout Duncan Pence is no longer with the Tennessee baseball program. Tennessee coach Dave Serrano said through a UT spokesperson on Monday that Pence committed a violation of team rules. He declined further comment on the…

Note: Don’t whiff on this special FanDuel offer. Win your first contest or get your money back (up to $10) to keep playing Try FanDuel now! OK, so he’s here. Now what? I’m not sure anyone knows. The Houston Astros started Yulieski Gurriel at DH Sunday, but unless they plan on making Evan Gattis their primary catcher, that’s not an everyday solution. He played primarily third base in both the…

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson knows a thing or two about attempting to play baseball professionally. After being selected in the fourth round of the 2010 MLB Draft by the Colorado Rockies, Wilson tried his hand in the minors. He responded by posting a .229 average with a 36 percent strikeout rate in parts of two seasons. Now a Super Bowl winning quarterback, Wilson himself has some advice for…

The good news is, outfielder Brandon Thomas’ blast left the park and traveled a long way. Can’t make this up. @brandonthomas6 hit a grand slam tonight that smashed a windshield. That’s his own truck. pic.twitter.com/B1ZqFUyfSe — Sam Levitt (@SammyLev) August 22, 2016 Of course the bad news is, the truck is going to need to spend some time in the shop. Thomas, a former Yankees prospect, hit the base-clearing, glass-shattering homer in the second…

RIO DE JANEIRO — South America’s Olympic debut ended Sunday night doused with a tropical drizzle but dancing all the way, a festive Brazilian farewell to a zany 17 days of brilliant athletic performances served with a sideshow of mishaps and scares. The world’s athletes, shrouded in plastic ponchos and smiling through the rain, seemed an apt ending to an Olympics that was always an uphill climb. With dancers dressed…

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Every TV show needs its stars, and NBC has done a great job making stars of athletes like Biles and Ledecky and Phelps and, yes, Ryan Lochte. NBC, though, isn’t nearly as good at crafting compelling narratives around sports that take place neither in the water nor on a track. And, come to think of it, NBC isn’t even that great at creating compelling narratives in track and field. Allyson…

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