Essays
Good Node Hunting
An interactive figure of Samuel L. Jackson's 5,607 co-stars, and the weighted network of 259,489 film actors it came out of.
Kickoff: Conference Realignment, the Portal, and the Coaches Who Got Fired
Between seasons, teams change leagues, rosters turn over through the transfer portal, and coaches get fired. Part two: What that churn does to Vegas, the AP poll, the ESPN Pick'em Crowd, and the Machine, measured over twenty-one seasons.
Preseason: Simulating a Million College Pick'em Entries Across 10,000 Seasons
An unreasonable amount of machine learning, aimed at a free football Pick'em contest. Ten thousand simulated seasons, a million simulated opponents, and a year-long attempt to out-forecast Las Vegas. Part one: What the game is, and what the numbers say it takes to win it.