Stats, like any other tool, are no better than those that wield them. As we’ve entered the Big Data age we’ve witnessed more malpractice. But nothing we’ve seen is as egregious as the attempts to pass ...

Player Impact Plus-Minus (PIPM for short) is a plus-minus metric that I have been building out for nearly six months. It has finally reached a point where I am happy with the output along with the ...

The 2019-20 NHL season quietly marked the 60th anniversary of that most-hated, yet constantly used statistic in hockey: plus-minus. It’s virtually impossible to find someone willing to publicly defend ...

The basketball coaches at Santa Monica College had this kid. A wisp of a player at 5 feet 3, he wasn’t a particularly strong shooter and didn’t score much. What he lacked in skill he more than ...