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MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference

Posted by Scipio Tex on March 9th, 2010 under Baseball

Better known as Dorkapalooza. The conference was held on March 6th, headlined by luminaries like Rockets GM (and '00 Sloan School grad) Daryl Morey, author Michael Lewis, Colts GM Bill Polian, Mavs owner Mark Cuban, and ESPN Bah-stahhnophile Bill Simmons.
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Texas baseball sweeps Stanford

Posted by HenryJames on March 1st, 2010 under Baseball

The rumours of our demise have been greatly exaggerated.
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Baseball: Is it time to rethink our “National Pastime”?

Posted by bateshorn on November 22nd, 2009 under Baseball

I love baseball. I love it in sepia toned photographs. I adore watching old men with names like Stan, Ted, Whitey, and Sparky, carry on about the old days in front of a soft focus lens that would make Diane Sawyer weep with delight.
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Sundry

Posted by Scipio Tex on July 29th, 2009 under Baseball

Guess who crashed into Big 12 Media Day? Sergio won't be suspended, but he vows not to drive and text anymore. Studies have shown that it impairs you. Don't believe me? Here's an authorative bureaucrat: Ditlow said the findings showed that a driver using a cell phone was four times as likely to be involved in a crash as other drivers, while the dangers of texting while driving were
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Texas Leads NCAA in Revenue Production

Posted by srr50 on June 16th, 2009 under Baseball

Texas Burnt Orange continues to have a green tint to it as the Longhorns generated the most football revenue and total athletics revenue in 2007-08. Texas took in almost $73 million in football revenue during the 2007-08 school year, as well as a total of $120.3 million in total dollars. Texas was one of only three programs to produce athletics revenue over $100 million last school year. Ohio State
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The Blind Side Movie

Posted by Scipio Tex on May 27th, 2009 under Football

They're making a movie out of the Michael Lewis book The Blind Side and it has the potential to be a good flick. And by potential, I mean that it will be purchased by some studio hack who will turn out a football film similar to Johnny B Goode. Who can forget the raw athleticism of Anthony Michael Hall and a coke-addled Robert Downey Jr? It has also been revealed that