“In an industry where progress moves by the inch, the man who sent it forward a mile can’t get a job.” The story of Voros McCracken, inventor of the revolutionary DIPS statistic.

Have losing seasons for the Oakland A’s tarnished Billy Beane’s Moneyball legacy?

The brainy, numbers-crunching Jewish fans who’ve revolutionized pro sports and realized every geek fan’s dream are celebrated as heroes at the annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference.

On the new metrics of basketball:

Forget box scores that just show rebounds, assists and shooting percentage. How about dribbles per possession? Or the miles each player runs in a half?