Diego Alvarez, a high school junior from Veracruz, Mexico, has always been passionate about sports. This summer, he attended the Wharton Moneyball Academy, and channeled that passion into a meaningful and empowering education in sports analytics. …Read More
This summer, the Wharton Sports Analytics and Business Initiative (WSABI) hosted its second Sports Analytics Research Lab, an intensive program designed to deepen students’ expertise in data science and statistics through hands-on research in sports analytics. We caught up with Wharton students Sofia Boubsis and Justin Hughes to hear how their summer went. …Read More
Wharton Moneyball – the popular Sirius XM radio show hosted by Eric Bradlow, Vice Dean of Analytics at Wharton, Shane Jensen, Professor of Statistics and Data Science, and Faculty Co-Director of the Wharton Sports Analytics and Business Initiative Cade Massey and Adi Wyner – celebrated its 10-year anniversary in March, marking a decade of insightful, free-flowing, and data-backed conversations about the world of sports and statistics.…Read More
This winter, into spring, 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. The data competition saw teams of 3-5 students competing 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 sports analytics data points and variables.…Read More
In January, FanDuel CEO Amy Howe, WG’99, joined the Wharton Sports Business Club for a discussion about the intersection of sports, business, and analytics. Wharton Sports Business and Analytics Initiative (WSABI) caught up with her afterward to continue the conversation.…Read More
When someone thinks of Pallacanestro Trieste, the 48-year-old professional Italian basketball team, the Wharton School probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. However, thanks to new ownership and some analytics-focused students, the team’s future and the business school look to be inextricably linked.…Read More
The Wharton Sports Analytics and Business Initiative (WSABI) and Wharton Undergraduate Sports Business Club (WUSBC) were thrilled to host the fifth Wharton Sports Business Summit on campus at the University of Pennsylvania on November 3, 2023.…Read More
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.”…Read More
As the business of sports analytics transforms teams and leagues around the world, Wharton alumni and the School’s data-driven initiative emerge with a competitive edge.…Read More
Thanks to a partnership between the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Africana Studies, the Wharton Coalition for Equity and Opportunity (Wharton CEO), and the Wharton Sports Analytics Business Initiative (WSABI), the 2023 Race and Sports event returned on Thursday, April 27 during the Penn Relays weekend. This year’s event was especially meaningful as it marked the first successful return of the event since 2019. Attendees welcomed “Game Theory” host and long-time sports media analyst Bomani Jones for a conversation on race and sports.…Read More
