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Fabulous Fazekas

April 8, 2008 by

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As noted yesterday, Erich Doerr – via a nifty Monte Carlo simulation — called the NCAA championship game before the tournament started.  Although we can’t expect such precision every year (so don’t go betting your life-savings next year on Erich’s picks), it is still neat to see statistical analysis produce such results. In addition to […]

Now I Get the Fans of Kobe

April 8, 2008 by

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One of the stories I often tell in this forum – as the following posts indicate — is that Kobe Bryant is a very good, but not the very best, basketball player.   Kobe for MVP? Kobe and T-Mac Again T-Mac and Kobe The Return of Bynum Gets Even Andrew Bynum is Getting Even Kobe Myths Kobe Bryant is Unhappy Often a person […]

Passing the One Million Mark

April 8, 2008 by

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Sometime in the last hour the aggregate page views at the WoW Journal passed the 1 million mark.  Once again, thanks to everyone for stopping by.  Judging by the comments from the last post, apparently it pays to visit.  At least, people are noting that they won money on their NCAA pool with the work […]