UNT Vice President and Director of Athletics Wren Baker joined the Higher Ed Athletics podcast to discuss the 20-year Light the Tower athletic facilities master plan for the Mean Green and to share lessons learned from his career experiences. Baker become an administrator at the age of 26 as both a principal and athletic director… Read more »
Month: September 2021
Creating and Embedding Interactive Scatter Plots using Plotly Express
By: Michael Black Going step-by-step using Plotly Express, Python, and Pandas to plot the NBA’s All-Time Leading Playoff Scorers. Creating visually appealing graphs is an important part of conveying your message when working with data. Graphs with easily distinguishable points/lines, helpful legends, and interactive features like zooming and hovering (to name just two) are much… Read more »
Examining the Ever-Rising Cost of Competing in the English Premier League
Using Python and Pandas to look at the growth of annual club wage bills in England’s top-flight since 2000-’01 By: Michael Black As somebody who grew up watching only American sports leagues, I found it surprising upon becoming a fan of the English Premier League that the idea of a salary cap did not exist…. Read more »