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The 2023 Wharton Sports Business Summit Packs the House

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
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.” Read More
Changing the Game

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 ...Read More
Wharton Sports Business Summit 2023
After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the Wharton Sports Business Summit is back and better than ever! Join us on October 21, 9:00 A.M. – 4:30 P.M. ET, at Jon M. Huntsman Hall. Read More
HBO Host Bomani Jones Weighs in on Gender, Economics, and More in Return of Wharton’s Race and Sports Series

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 ...Read More
Race and Sports Event

After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the Wharton Sports Business Summit is back and better than ever! Join us on October 21, 9:00 A.M. – 4:30 P.M. ET, at Jon M. Huntsman Hall. Read More
Penn Students Win 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! Read More
Adi Wyner of the Wharton Sports Analytics and Business Initiative Explains the Impact of Sports on Finances

Adi Wyner, Faculty lead of the Wharton Sports Analytics and Business Initiative Explains the Impact of Sports on Finances in Penn Today. October 26, 2022 Philadelphia is potentially on the verge of crowning itself as the new city of champions with the Phillies set to play in their first World Series since 2009, the Eagles 6-0 and ...Read More
Wharton Sports Business Summit 2022

After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the Wharton Sports Business Summit is back and better than ever! Join us on October 21, 9:00 A.M. – 4:30 P.M. ET, at Jon M. Huntsman Hall. Read More
Wharton Sports Analytics and Business Initiative Welcomes Winners from the 2022 NBA Math Hoops National Championship
Wharton Sports Analytics and Business Initiative (WSABI) partnered with Learn Fresh to host an educational session in conjunction with the 2022 NBA Math Hoops National Championship Weekend, bringing together 28 students from across the country for a weekend of learning, competition, and fun! The weekend was co-hosted by Learn Fresh, along with the Philadelphia 76ers ...Read More