Wednesday, March 7, 2012

MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference Takes Over Sports World



The biggest and brightest names in the sports world convened on MIT's campus over the weekend to participate in the Sloan School of Management's 6th Annual Sports Analytics Conference.

Speakers this year included Bill Simmons (ESPN), Steve Pagliuca (owner- Boston Celtics), Scott Boras (sports agent with clients such as Alex Rodriguez), and Michael Wilborn (ESPN).

The extremely popular event has received much media coverage. Read ESPN's take on it: http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/page/5-on-5-120305/nba-mit-sloan-wrap