Wharton Sports Analytics and Business Initiative
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Wharton Moneyball Podcast Celebrates its 10-Year Anniversary
The popular Sirius XM radio show celebrated its 10-year anniversary this March, marking a decade of insightful, free-flowing, and data-backed conversations about the world of sports and statistics. To celebrate, Eric Bradlow, Vice Dean of Analytics at Wharton, Shane Jensen, Professor of Statistics and Data Science, Cade Massey, Faculty Director of the Wharton People Lab, and Adi Wyner, Faculty Co-Director of WSABI, got together to chat about their memories of the past and ambitions for the show’s future.
Wharton Sports Research Journal: 2024 Spring Edition
The Spring 2024 edition of the Wharton Sports Analytics Journal features projects into mental health, field hockey, and connecting sports with portfolio theory, from students at the University of Pennsylvania as well as universities and high schools across the country.
Race and Sports
The 2024 Race and Sports event returned thanks to a partnership between the Wharton Coalition for Equity and Opportunity (CEO), the Center for Africana Studies, and the Wharton Sports Analytics and Business Initiative. William “Bill” Rhoden, former award-winning sports columnist for The New York Times, joined Kenneth Shropshire, David W. Hauck Professor Emeritus of Legal Studies and Business Ethics and Senior Advisor to the Dean for the Coalition for Equity & Opportunity on April 25, 2024 at the University of Pennsylvania.
The Inaugural Wharton High School Data Science Competition Wins Big
This spring, more than 280 teams from around the globe competed in the first-ever Wharton High School Data Science Competition, vying to make predictions about the playoff outcomes of the North American Soccer League – a synthetic professional women’s league, with 30 teams and a treasure trove of performance data. Learn how the winning student team surpassed the competition to deliver insightful sports analytics predictions.
Graduating Students Emma Segerman and Naomi Korn Tackle the Sports Industry
Emma Segerman, W’24, and Naomi Korn, both from the University of Pennsylvania, share a passion for sports and numbers. They were both involved with the Wharton Sports Analytics and Business Initiative (WSABI) and have jobs lined up in the sports industry upon graduation. They also happen to be roommates.
What Role Can AI Play in Sports?
Wharton professors Adi Wyner and Cade Massey join Eric Bradlow, vice dean of Analytics at Wharton, to discuss how AI — along with statistics and data science — can assist with tracking data, player evaluation, making predictions, and more. This interview is part of a special 10-part series called “AI in Focus.”
Changing the Game
The 2023 Fall/Winter issue of Wharton Magazine featured the Wharton Sports Analytics and Business Initiative as the cover story on sports analytics, with insights from alumni leaders in the field as well as cutting-edge research led by WSABI.
Wharton Sports Analytics and Business Initiative News
The Wharton High School Data Science Competition Wins Big
During the winter of 2023 and spring of 2024 more than 280 teams of high school students from around the globe competed in the first ever Wharton High School Data Science Competition, hosted by the Wharton Sports Analytics and Business Initiative (WSABI) and Wharton Global Youth Program.
Soaring with the Eagles: Wharton Student Lands Data Job with NFL
Where most sports fans see raw talent, Zach Drapkin (W ’22) sees raw data – the kind of data he likes to sift through to help athletes and teams optimize their approach to games.
Italian Basketball Team Pallacanestro Trieste Partners with Wharton for an Analytics-Focused Future
Thanks to new ownership and some analytics-focused students, the team’s future and the business school look to be inextricably linked.
Penn Students Detail Their Analytics Internships in the NFL
Wharton students Zach Drapkin (W’22) and Sarah Hu (W’23), Wharton Undergraduate Sports Business Club Board Members, share their “once-in-a-lifetime experiences” interning for their favorite NFL teams.
2024 Race and Sports Event with William C. Rhoden
Wharton’s Ken Shropshire joined William C. Rhoden, former award-winning sports columnist for The New York Times thanks to a partnership between the Wharton Coalition for Equity and Opportunity, the Center for Africana Studies, and the Wharton Sports Analytics and Business Initiative.
Penn Students Place Top-4 in 2023 Syracuse University Basketball Analytics Competition
Penn students Jake Federman (CAS’25), Naomi Korn (CAS’24), Justin Lipitz (W’23), and Elan Roth (CAS’25) for placing top-4 in the 2023 Syracuse University Basketball Analytics Competition.
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