SportsAnalyticsPros

ASAP is the premier professional organization dedicated to advancing the use of analytics in the global sports business industry.

[Darren Rovell @darrenrovell]

On May 10, 2014, Monmouth Park built a sports bar in hopes of immediately turning it into a sports book, thinking sports gambling was soon on the way. They waited four years to the week.

[SportsAnalyticsPros @ChatWithASAP]

This will spawn a bevy of sports-adjacent start-ups; especially if Congress leaves this a states’ rights subject. https://t.co/UpMmm95pP5

[SportsAnalyticsPros @ChatWithASAP]

#springtraining with the World Series Champions @astros https://t.co/S4c5jsOPKt

[Darren Rovell @darrenrovell]

JUST IN: Sean Miller’s contract, as written, somehow pays him more for getting fired with cause than without cause. So if Miller is fired with cause, Arizona will owe him approximately $5 million more ($10.3 million versus $5.15 million) than if they fired for no reason.

[Justin Tinsley @JustinTinsley]

"I’m in the game to change it, not to be part of the status quo." — @TKellyAnalytics with an incredible piece on what it's like being a black woman in sports analytics. (Her signature at the end is A1, too.) https://t.co/kGkQAiSf5P

[SportsAnalyticsPros @ChatWithASAP]

#StatOfTheWeek: Avg height of the 2018 NBA All Stars is 6' 7.14" - that's only 0.09" (~1/25cm) taller than the avg of all 484 players across NBA rosters. Distribution is a little different, 28 is a small sample. (https://t.co/WVzFFlnAzA for All Star coverage)

[SportsAnalyticsPros @ChatWithASAP]

Migrating from subjective to objective for distribution of USOC $... @PKStatsBlog for ESPN https://t.co/W7JrsZKjm4

[SportsAnalyticsPros @ChatWithASAP]

Did you know? In 1920 @TeamCanada won ice hockey gold at the SUMMER Olympics? (In April, while the rest of the games were in August.) There weren’t Winter Olympics until 1924.

[SportsAnalyticsPros @ChatWithASAP]

Packing list... we’ll take it until the #SpringTraining stats start rolling in. https://t.co/dm1ms9tZme

[Red Sox @RedSox]

Just a few things in the Truck:

20,400 baseballs
1,100 bats
200 batting gloves
200 batting helmets
320 Batting Practice tops
160 white game jerseys
300 pairs of pants
400 t-shirts
400 pairs of socks
20 cases of bubble gum
60 cases of sunflower seeds

[SABR @sabr]

Early registration discounts end soon for 2018 #SABRanalytics Conference! Sign up today to join us during spring training in Phoenix. https://t.co/vnvIM5rh85

[SportsAnalyticsPros @ChatWithASAP]

Football overload? Check out @baseballpro deep dive into the Robo Strike Zone 14 days until #pitchersandcatchers https://t.co/avhubNu1i5

[Boston Celtics @celtics]

You know all about point guards. But tonight in Denver, you're gonna learn all about point-centers. https://t.co/ESCi16t7gF

[Sports Illustrated @SInow]

"I just signed your death warrant."

Larry Nassar is sentenced to 175 years in prison

[SportsAnalyticsPros @ChatWithASAP]

#StatOfThe Week: 22 - shutout record in a season by @NHL goalie. George Hainsworth, @CanadiensMTL played every min in '28-29. Modern-era record is 15, Tony Esposito @NHLBlackhawks in '69-70. Now: 23yo Andrei Vasilevskiy leads w/6 SOs for @TBLightning. https://t.co/Rd0WfGpfD3

[Dan Szymborski @DSzymborski]

A four-year-old could solve this in like 2 minutes. https://t.co/lfhLjE3JhS

[SportsAnalyticsPros @ChatWithASAP]

#statoftheweek 83%: championships pay = prize money to men & women, up from 70% in 2014, according to a BBC survey. 7 sports pay disparate prize money, w/global football, cricket and golf owning the largest gaps.
https://t.co/qvYfWKrg7Z

[Michael A. Neuman @michaelaneuman]

.@scoutsande adding to our Analytics, Naming Rights and Property Consultation group. Awesome entry-level opportunity https://t.co/SMEnAyAlln

[SportsAnalyticsPros @ChatWithASAP]

Stop, drop & roll; not Pop, strip & run. https://t.co/7OyShg2htZ

[Darren Rovell @darrenrovell]

Jaguars fan tries to one up Bills mafia — jumps through a BURNING table (Instagram: Brennan Decima) https://t.co/P4smadatWS

[SportsAnalyticsPros @ChatWithASAP]

Transferable skills. Congratulations, Erin! #TeamUSA https://t.co/EJ1deXcSZl

[AP Sports @AP_Sports]

Barack Obama to speak at MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. https://t.co/GqwIjVDGNk