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Here are some of the things I learned during the final day of the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference in Boston. See the Day 1 column, in case you missed it. Mark Cuban doesn't think you should try to work in sports. The conference ended with another taping of a live B.S. Report, this time with Bill Simmons and Mark Cuban. The Mavericks owner mentioned that young people are constantly asking him for advice regarding a career in sports.
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For two days, Cuban vs. Simmons was billed as the marquee event at last weekend's MIT Sloan Sports Analytic Conference, sponsored by ESPN. It certainly didn't disappoint as the two took the stage late Saturday and engaged in an hour... Read Post

Here are some of the things I learned during the first day of the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference in Boston: Bill James is a golden god. There is almost no question that a sports nerd convention drawing 2,200 people (and more ... Read Post

MIT's Sloan Sports Analytics Conference regularly features the best minds in sports—people like Bill James, Mark Cuban, et cetera. It also, apparently, features dudes who like making jerk-off motions behind Michael Smith, whose Numb... Read Post