Photo from ESPN. By Brady Kas Bowl Season has arrived, and for many fans of college football, this is the best time of the year. Over the next few weeks, we’ll see a total of 44 bowl games starting on Dec. 17 and finishing on Jan. 10, where we will crown a national champion, right here… Read more »
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2021 MLB Recap and Offseason Preview
By Brady Kas The offseason in baseball has finally arrived. After a summer full of baseball, we have finally crowned a champion. Congratulations to the Atlanta Braves who beat the Houston Astros in six games to win the World Series just a few days ago. However, for myself and many baseball fans across the country… Read more »
Predicting Win Totals for the Second-Half of the NFL Season using Linear Regression
By Michael Black Photo by Anders Krøgh Jørgensen on Unsplash The NFL season is long, unpredictable, and full of many twists and turns. We overreact after Week One, re-evaluate everything we thought we knew after Week Four, and by Week Eight we realize we still know as little as we did when the season began. Consider this season,… Read more »
2021 MLB Playoffs Preview
By Brady Kas The time has finally arrived. After six months and 162 games of regular season baseball, the playoffs are finally here! To begin with, I want to recap a little bit on how we got to this point in the season, so if you haven’t watched a single game all year, don’t worry,… Read more »
Wait, they’re 3–0? Three Surprise Undefeated Teams and Whether They Can Keep It Up
By Aydan Koyles We are now three weeks into the NFL season and several trends have begun to take shape. Teams are beginning to establish themselves as contenders while some are already starting to look ahead to next year. It may still be early, and teams can still turn it around, but the start to… Read more »
The QB ‘Cliff’: Will Tom Brady Ever Slow Down?
By:Aydan Koyles I know, I know, nobody wants to hear more about Tom Brady being good at football. But every year it seems we discuss the possibility of him reaching that proverbial QB ‘cliff’. Every QB before him has fallen prey to Father Time, but will Brady ever reach that point? Brady has now reached… Read more »
SUMMER TRANSFER WINDOW 2021: THE UGLY
By: Anshuman Dixit In this article, we will discuss the transfers which had an ugly angle to it, whether it is financial, personal, or statistical. Lionel Messi: Unarguably, the biggest name in this transfer window was one of the Greatest Of All Times (G.O.A.T), Lionel Messi. After spending 21 years of his life in Barcelona,… Read more »
Scraping S̶o̶c̶c̶e̶r̶ Football Fixtures with Beautiful Soup and Python
By: Michael Black View fixtures and live scores from any league, on any day, straight from the terminal. Photo by Thomas Serer on Unsplash If you’re like me, you love football. And I’m not talking about the version where feet aren’t used and the ball isn’t a ball; I’m talking about football — the world’s most beloved game, and, if… Read more »
SUMMER TRANSFER WINDOW 2021: THE BAD
By: Michael Black The Bad Dayot Upamecano (Center Back – RB Leipzig) and Marcel Sabitzer (Center Midfielder – RB Leipzig) sign with Bayern Munich. So why is this a bad transfer? Bayern nabs one of the best young center backs in Europe as well as an experienced midfield player from rivals RB Leipzig for a… Read more »
2021 MLB End of Season Review: American League
By: Brady Kas Welcome back to part two of my end of the season review for teams battling it out for a spot in the playoffs. In my previous article, I talked about the National League, and in this piece, I’ll focus on the American League. To begin, let me remind everyone of the setup… Read more »