<![CDATA[Deadspin: Nate Silver]]> http://cache.deadspin.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/deadspin.com.png <![CDATA[Deadspin: Nate Silver]]> http://deadspin.com/tag/nate silver http://deadspin.com/tag/nate silver <![CDATA[The Curse Of Dopey "Curse Of The Bambino" References, And Other Dumb Things About The Red Sox's Stretch Run]]> Harvey Araton of the New York Times, reporting from Baltimore, sets the new/old standard for witless hackery today: More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5844397&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Some Sweet, Sweet Charlie Weis Love, And Other Unconventional Sports Crushes]]> Once upon a time, a site called The Black Table had a regular feature entitled Waxing Off, in which women gathered in an online roundtable to discuss issues of the day, and also to make fun of Will Leitch's shoes. And so we got to thinking: With so many great female sports bloggers out there, why not import the idea here? It's just crazy enough to work. So behold: The latest edition of Deadspin's Waxing Off. We found some terrific female writers who were willing to pen short pieces on this week's topic: Unconventional sports crushes. I think women are smart, don't get me wrong. But for the life of me I can't figure out how Lyle Lovett scored him some Julia Roberts. And Enza Sambataro dumps Ben Affleck for Kevin Youkilis? (room spinning, must sit down). OK ladies, explain yourselves. You have six posts in which to do so. By the way, if you'd like to be part of the Waxing Off writing staff, email myself at Rick@Deadspin.com, or Mr. Daulerio at AJD@Deadspin.com. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5096028&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Stat Nerd Better At Predicting Elections Than Predicting The NL East]]> If you're a seamhead, you know Nate Silver as the Baseball Prospectus geek who has probably forgotten more about algorithms than you and I will ever know. He invented the PECOTA projection system, which predicted Tampa Bay's first 90-win season way back in February when the Devil Rays were still the laughing stock of the AL East. If you're a policy wonk, you may also know him as the geek behind FiveThirtyEight, which has done for political polling what BP has done for your fantasy team—and has been scarily accurate about the results of this year's elections. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5078245&view=rss&microfeed=true