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Vintage baseball on a weathered American flag

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Gary Smith
Date
October 22, 2024

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Probability, Sports

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The World Series of Coin Flips

_{Here we go again with the annual coin-flipping ritual known as the World Series} _{Gary Smith
October 22, 2024

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With the Yankees and Dodgers so evenly matched, this World Series will be somewhat like a coin-flipping contest. That's the paradox of luck and skill. Read More ›

Baseball with good luck sign are on green grass

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Gary Smith
Date
August 16, 2024

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Probability, Sports

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What the Luck? How Luck Matters to Olympic and Major League Wins

_{One way to think about the relative importance of skill and luck is to consider the consistency of the outcomes} _{Gary Smith
August 16, 2024

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Statistical analysis shows that in major sports, the players or teams that won most of their games benefitted to a surprising degree from good luck. Read More ›