Meet ASA staff accountant Chance Frye. When he’s not crunching numbers, he’s calling plays as a high school football offensive coordinator.
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December Issue Sheds Light on FIFA World Cup
As the FIFA World Cup 2022 gets into full swing in Qatar, the December issue of Significance sheds statistical light on events on and off the field.
Latest Issue of CHANCE Devoted to Sports
Children across the globe are fascinated with sports statistics. For many, this fascination never goes away! That’s why the editor devoted an entire issue of CHANCE to sports.
JQAS Highlights: Fantasy Football, Basketball, Tennis, Designing Tournaments Featured in March Issue
The March 2016 issue (volume 12, issue 1) of the Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports consists of four articles with applications to fantasy football, basketball, tennis, and the optimal design of tournaments.
Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports: American Football, Ski-Jumping, Hockey, Ultrarunning Featured
The December 2015 issue of the Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports consists of four articles with applications to hockey, American football, ski-jumping, and ultrarunning.
Football, Golf, Soccer, Fly-Fishing Featured in December Issue
The December 2014 issue of the Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports (JQAS) covers topics in American football, soccer, golf, and fly-fishing.
JQAS Highlights: Hockey, Basketball, Football Featured in September Issue
The September 2014 issue of the Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports features five articles covering topics in hockey, basketball, and American football. All make for interesting reading and demonstrate innovations in statistical work that have become a hallmark of manuscripts published in JQAS.
A Statistician in the NFL
For the first time ever, a statistician was selected in the top five picks in the annual NFL player entry draft. Ezekiel “Ziggy” Ansah, a star defensive end at Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah, was chosen with the fifth overall pick in the NFL draft by the Detroit Lions April 25.