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The Statistical Value of Going For It On 4th Down

With the 2019 NFL season under way, we’re reminded of the timeless debate about whether teams should go for it on 4th down, depending on the game situation. While coaches,...

Using Calculus to Derive MLB Division Probabilities

Happy MLB Opening Day! You may be wondering what your team’s chances are of making the playoffs, but you’re not sure which website’s model to trust. I’ve created my own...

Using K-Means Clustering to Optimize NBA Lineups

As the NBA trade deadline has recently passed, basketball fans from around the world have expressed mixed reactions to many of the moves (or moves that never were) made around...

Using YOLO for Object Detection

This post follows through instructions for using YOLO (You Only Look Once) with video object detection. This demonstration was done with a g3.8xlarge Deep Learning AMI (Ubuntu) Version 6.0 (ami-bc09d9c1)....