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Okay, I guess I’ll write a Bruins/Canucks post-game
They always talk about teams buying into their own headlines. Sometimes, a team will buy in so much that they become caricatures of themselves. But most of the time it’s a benefit. Teams in Boston’s...
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The Moneyball Myth
Maybe the film version of Moneyball bastardized the truth just a little. Here’s IMDB’s synopsis: Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane’s successful attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget...
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Even in an analytical world, storytelling can be valuable
There’s not been a lot of Vancouver Canucks news to dissect, so my presence on this blog has been fairly sparse. My only updates are usually things that interest me that don’t necessarily fit in with...
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The Van Provies: The Gilly Chronicles
BEST NEXXXT Next up, it’s Tortorella time. The Prez says he’s waiting until after the season to have a sit down with the coach who has presided over a season that played out like many feared Y2k...
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Phoenix Coyotes owner clearly very pro-analytics
It really shouldn’t surprise us any more to hear about hockey teams being interested in advanced statistical analysis. Between the Oilers hiring Tyler Dellow and the Leafs bringing in Kyle Dubas,...
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The Morning Skate, June 3: Streaking Comets, Bolts Blue, Hawks Ban, Bye-Bye...
“Do you believe in miracles?” Al Michaels asked in 1980. The USA’s hockey collegians pulled off an unlikely upset of the powerful Soviets, winning gold at the 1980 Winter Olympics. Those games were...
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Today is the slowest sports day of the year and this is how we’ve covered it...
Sports editors dread the second Monday in July. When your job is to come in each day and choose something exciting for the top story in tomorrow’s paper, there’s comfort in knowing that no matter what...
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