US News and World Report ranks the College of William&Mary 31st among National Universities. W&M is ranked higher than Penn State, Ohio State, New York University, Case Western Reserve, and the University of Rochester. In sum, it’s a good school. Much can be learned about this school at Wikipedia. In …
I was born in Detroit in 1969. In 1981 my family left Detroit for Lincoln, Nebraska. Although I have not lived in the Motor City for 25 years, I still maintain the same team loyalties I developed as a child. I still follow the Tigers, Lions, and Pistons (as well …
Academic articles take months, sometimes years, to write. Newspaper articles are written far more quickly. Team USA lost a few hours ago, and although I would like to take months and years to put my thoughts down, I imagine by then people might have lost interest in this topic. So …
Just noticed that in the past few hours The Wages of Wins Journal has passed 50,000 hits. Our blog has only existed since April. So that means we are averaging more than 10,000 hits per month. Not sure how that compares to the other blogs we enjoy, but it sounds …
Generally I like the columns of Steve Kerr. In fact, a few weeks ago I liked what Steve Kerr had to say so much I repeated the same statement from Kerr twice (see HERE). Yesterday, though, in his summary of Team USA’s game against Germany, he argued that the player …
If we are going in alphabetical order, then after Charlotte should come Chicago. Chicago, who is featured prominently in The Wages of Wins, has already been reviewed in a previous post on Ben Gordon. So there seems no need for another post on the Bulls. Consequently this post is about …
A few days ago I noted that only one player for Team USA has been above average in each and every game. That player was Chris Paul. Well, against Australia on Sunday Mr. Paul posted the following numbers: In 23 minutes he took five field goals and only hit one. …
If you are a fan of the Bobcats, this post might be disappointing. It is not because I will say anything too distressing about the team from Charlotte. Rather, it is because I wish to spend most of this post talking about Bernie Bickerstaff and the Denver Nuggets. Bernie Bickerstaff …
Martin Schmidt has written another Keeping Score column for the New York Times. In “Numbers Often Lie When It Comes to Football” Marty makes a point we make in the ninth chapter of The Wages of Wins. Unlike baseball and basketball, the statistics tracked for players in the NFL are …
Team USA scored a perfect mark in the preliminaries of the FIBA Men’s World Championship. Five games played, five games won. And given the talent the USA has brought to the Japan, it is clear why Team USA is the favorite to take the gold. Here are some thoughts I …