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Show from 1/31/19In this special edition of Wharton Moneyball hosts Cade Massey, Eric Bradlow, and Adi Wyner broadcast from radio row at Super Bowl 53 in Atlanta. They talk to all kinds of experts on the game about everything from wearable tech and in game analytics to strategy and training. Tune in!Guests:Eric Winston - President of the NFL Players Association, a position he was unanimously elected to for a third term in March of last year. He spent his playing days at Tackle with the Texans, Chiefs, Cardinals and most recently the Bengals. He is also currently a Wharton Executive MBA candidate.Follow him on Twitter @ericwinstonDamani Leech - Senior Vice President of Football Strategy and Business Development at the National Football League. He is responsible for developing strategic plans that position football for long-term growth in the U.S. and abroad and he serves as a liaison for Football Operations to other league Business Units. Follow him on Twitter @dleech9Bucky Brooks - An analyst for NFL Network and NFL.com where he has worked since 2009. He is a former second round draft pick of the Buffalo Bills and after his playing career he spent time in the Pro Personnel Departments for the Seahawks and Panthers. Follow him on Twitter @BuckyBrooksAlex Anthopoulos - Executive Vice President and General Manager for the Atlanta Braves. He was previously with the LA Dodgers organization and before that he was the Senior VP of Baseball Operations and General Manager with the Toronto Blue Jays.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Show from 1/30/19In this episode of Wharton Moneyball our hosts get prepped for the 2019 Super Bowl! They have on former NFL Fullback and Tight End Erik Lorig to discuss the team dynamics of a Super Bowl. Lorig played for the New Orleans Saints and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. "Defensive lines win Super Bowls. That position has the power to really affect an offensive play," according to Lorig. Then more football analytics with Aaron Schatz of FootballOutsiders.com. Plus some NBA playoffs, Australian Open, and golf. All that and more.Guests:Erik Lorig is a former NFL fullback and tight end where he played for the Buccaneers and Saints after converting from a defensive lineman where he played at Stanford. Erik is currently a fulltime MBA student here at Wharton where he is focusing his studies on Business Analytics and EntrepreneurshipFollow him on Twitter @erikalexander41Aaron Schatz launched the football analytics website FootballOutsiders.com in July 2003. He remains editor-in-chief and head statistician for the website as well as the book series “Football Outsiders Almanac”. He also writes for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine and appears weekly during the season on the Off The Charts podcast. Follow him on Twitter @FO_ASchatz Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Show from 1/23/19This week on Wharton Moneyball, we have our whole team, Cade, Shane, Adi, and Eric talking about the MLB Hall of Fame. What will be the outcome for Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens? Then they switch to the NFL to talk pass vs runs stats, scoring, and play calling logic with the co-founder of Edj Analytics. Plus they get into wearable tech and innovation in the space of motion tracking data. All that and moreGuests:Frank Frigo - Co-Founder of Edj Analytics. Edj Analytics. He has consulted with several NFL and NCAA Division 1 football programs and his work in sports analytics has been prominently featured in Esquire, Foxsports, ESPN, The New York Times and Showtime’s “Inside the NFL"Follow him on Twitter @edjanalyticsSteve Gera - CEO at Gains Group, where he works to leverage data for long term value. He is also the former Head of Innovation at the Cleveland Browns and was brought in by the Chargers to “do Moneyball” in the mid-2000s. Check out his website: http://www.stevegera.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Show fro 1/16/19In this episode of Wharton Moneyball our hosts take at what teams are primed to go to the super bowl. Then the latest in soccer analytics with the head of the Football Observatory at the International Center for Sports Studies. Plus Former NFL Receiver and game analyst for NBC’s Sunday Night Football, Chris Collinsworth, joins us for a season update! All that and moreGuest:Raffaele Poli - The head of the Football Observatory at the International Center for Sports Studies. The Observatory is an international academic research group, specialized in the statistical analysis of the sport. He also holds a PhD in Human Science. Follow the Football Observatory on Twitter @CIES_FootballCris Collinsworth - The game analyst for NBC’s Sunday Night Football where he has called games alongside Al Michaels for ten years. He’s been a part of four Super Bowls, calling three, including last year’s, and playing in one. Chris is also the majority owner of the great Pro Football Focus.Follow him on Twitter @CollinsworthPFF  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Show from 1/9/19In this episode of Wharton Moneyball hosts Cade Massey, Adi Wyner, and Eric Bradlow get into the college football playoff national championship and predictive analytics. Then, we all want to know which NFL teams are on their way to the Super Bowl. Our hosts talk home field advantage and other useful measures to decide who will come out of the playoffs victorious. Plus Josh Hermsmeyer, writer for FiveThirtyEight and the founder of AirYards.com, joins the show to add to our football analytics conversation. All that and more on this weeks show! Tune inGuest:Josh Hermsmeyer - A writer for FiveThirtyEight and the Founder of AirYards.com where he works on all things football analytics.Follow him on Twitter at @FriscoJosh Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode from 1/2/19Happy New Year and welcome back to Wharton Moneyball! Hosts Eric Bradlow and Adi Wyner kick off the year with a big name guest, Atlanta Hawk's Guard Jeremy Lin! They get into training regimens, analytics in basketball, hot hand and much more. Plus they talk to fellow host and 1 half of Massey-Peabody, Cade Massey, about the 2018-2019 CFB Season. That and much more. Tune in!Guest:Jeremy Lin - Atlanta Hawks Guard. Jeremy played at Harvard before moving to the NBA where he has played nine seasons with teams including the Knicks, Lakers, Nets and more before joining Atlanta this offseasonFollow him on Twitter @JLin7Check out his vlog here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5e_P_-3tY1nDPhXoSX-jGw Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Show from 12/19/18In this episode, the final show of 2018, hosts Eric Bradlow and Adi Wyner start off the show talking about who deserves to be in the MLB Hall of Fame and who is a fringe player. Could Babe Ruth play in today's game? Then, what's new in NFL analytics? An expert on the subject joins our hosts to talk about how uses large datasets to learn about human behavior. Plus a look at coahcing development, E-Sports, and our Moneyball Matchups. Tune in!Guests:Ben Baldwin - An economist by trade as he uses large datasets to try to learn about human behavior. Ben joined The Athletic after previously covering the Seahawks for Field Gulls.Follow him on Twitter @benbbaldwinRob Ash - Championship Analytics Director of Coaching Development. I company works to integrate world-class analytics with a coach’s insight to take the guesswork out of in-game decision making and is working with teams in the NFL, Big Ten, SEC, Pac-12, ACC and more. Coach Ash is responsible for creating CAI’s football strategy curriculum and for working directly with CAI client head coaches to improve our clients’ in-game football strategy performance.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Show from 12/12/18In this episode of Wharton Moneyball we have our full roster of hosts covering sports headlines from the miracle of Miami to college basketball. Then an expert on soccer analytics at Seattle Sounders FC. Plus Former NFL Fullback and Tight End for the Buccaneers and the Saints Erik Lorig! Tune in Guests:Ravi Ramineni is the Director of Soccer Analytics at Seattle Sounders FC. He is the architect of the analytics platform that helps the coaching staff make informed decisions about day-to-day activities like opposition scouting and training plans as well as helping identify players for potential signings from both within MLS and from the international market.Erik Lorig is a former NFL fullback and tight end where he played for the Buccaneers and Saints after converting from a defensive lineman where he played at Stanford. Erik is currently a fulltime MBA student here at Wharton where he is focusing his studies on Business Analytics and Entrepreneurship Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Show from 12/5/18In this episode of Wharton Moneyball hosts Shane Jensen and Eric Bradlow get into the nitty gritty of the NFL playoffs. Then college football playoffs. Will UCF fans ever be satisfied? Plus is there a Hot Hand effect in the NBA? We’ll have on the author of a paper titled “Surprised by the Gambler's and Hot Hand Fallacies? A Truth in the Law of Small Numbers.” All that and more!Guests:Bill Connelly is a writer for SB Nation host of “Podcast Ain’t Played Nobody” and Author of The 50 Best* College Football Teams of All Time. Follow Bill on Twitter @SBN_BillCJoshua Miller is an Assistant. Professor in the, Department of Economics at the University of Alicante. He is also the author of a paper entitled, “Surprised by the Gambler's and Hot Hand Fallacies? A Truth in the Law of Small Numbers.” Follow Joshua on Twitter @jben0 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.