Numbers and sports go hand in hand. Watch any live broadcast and you will see and hear commentators and pundits talking about ...

Leveraging Tracking Data to Contextualize the Difficulty of a Throw Not all passes are created equal. A quarterback receives the same credit for a completion whether the pass traveled 60 yards ...

Probability is a measure of the likelihood of events happening. The greater the proportion of times an event can happen the greater (or more likely) the probability. Events can be ordered by the ...

When mathematics lecturer Gene Kim turned a $15 daily fantasy sports (DFS) lineup into a $50,000 win in April, it would not be his last victory of the year — Kim launched a new introductory seminar ...

Learn all about Sports Betting Odds and how they work with our expert’s insightful guide to understand gambling odds in November 2025 Bookmakers use odds as a way of showing the chance/probability of ...

A near-Earth asteroid named 2024 YR4 was first reported in December by the NASA funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System station in Chile. As of Thursday, Feb. 20, data shows that there is ...

Here are a few of the words that we use when talking about the chance of something happening: Certain: Something is definitely going to happen. e.g. It's certain the sun will set tonight. Likely: ...

The range of forecasts is wide, but economists generally see a rising probability that the U.S. economy will shrink. By Isabella Simonetti and Jason Karaian High inflation, rising interest rates, ...

WE ARE in a bar, and agree to toss a coin for the next round. Heads, I pay; tails, the drinks are on you. What are your chances of a free pint? Most people – sober ones, at least – would agree: ...