Category: Sports

Comments Before Anyone Gets Dirty: the College Football Preseason Rankings from CBSSports.com - Aug. 22nd 2011 We love college football, and there's nothing like the pre-season top 25 poll to both get us excited for it and make us second guess the voters. AP Poll voter and CBSSports.com writer Brett McMurphy ... Category Sports Read more...	Comments Other Winners from the Sports Viz Contest by Ross Perez - Aug. 3rd 2011 Our Sports Viz Contest had no shortage of awesome vizzes. The winning viz was spectacular, but these ... Category Sports Read more...
Comments You Hit That Sports Data Outta the Park! by Ross Perez - Aug. 1st 2011 It's been a close heat between some impressive vizzes in our Sports Viz Contest. We saw vizzes on chess, golf, baseball, football, soccer and many other sports! Take a look at our winners. The ... Category Sports Read more...	Comments Which Country Has the Most Wimbledon Wins? from Lori Williams - Jun. 21st 2011 Wimbledon, the biggest event in tennis, started today. The Guardian Data Blog has posted the tournament history data and a cool viz by Stephen McDaniel of Freakalytics showing all ... Category Sports Read more...
Comments The Slowing of the Kentucky Derby by Ross Perez - May. 6th 2011 It is easy to assume that breeders continue to produce faster and faster horses each year. The truth is that Kentucky Derby winners have been slowing down for some time. As you can see, since the 1960’s the winning run has trended (ever so slightly) slower. Of course, the ... Category Sports Read more...	Comments March Madness is Here! by Ross Perez - Mar. 16th 2011 March Madness is here, and as everyone settles down to watch their team battle towards the Sweet 16, Elite 8 and Final Four, we thought it would be a good time to revisit our Comparison Tool from last year. The premise is simple. In ... Category Sports Read more...