This is a good point, and there's good evidence that Austin roots for the Spurs, but the city isn't included in that 60 percent figure for the Spurs (which is based off designated market areas). I imagine it would be slightly lower than 60 percent if Austin was included, since I can't image that Austin is more into… Read more

But just the 25th-largest metro area. Not a lot of surrounding population outside of San Antonio proper. Read more

The article about that curler—which is 100 percent serious—is really worth a read: Read more

Good note; I misinterpreted the description from the FastCo article. I've changed the wording. Read more

Yep. Got thrown by the Portland DMA borders (which are irrelevant in this case, it turns out). Read more

You're right, as does Barnes county. Weird outpost; Bismark and Fargo don't go the channels, or the counties directly to the north. Read more

Looks like it still does, plus Midland and up the coast to Alpen (not included in the Traverse City and Saginaw/Flint markets though). Read more

Added. Read more

Good catch; it's available through Midcontinent Communications (but not other providers). I've updated. Read more

Not exactly what we're talking about here. A better comparison would be if someone performed a great study using hand-collected data, released the result of the study, but didn't make the hand-collected data available for people to look at. The data analysis should be reproducible, even if the data collection can't be. Read more

Another issue. Read more

http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/… Read more

"Everyone knows it's good to score, why do we even need this dumb 'field goal percentage' stat?" Read more

I have no answer. That does seem weirdly arbitrary. Read more

Dark purple triangle represents elevation of host city, light purple is elevation of ski venue. Read more

Even if you're just talking about offense, I don't think you'd ever put five point guards on the court. Read more

You're basically correct about what the stat reflects. The paper actually touches on Carmelo Anthony specifically, and introduces an EPV-based metric called "shot satisfaction" to deal with this problem. Read more

It is! Also, "Average True Shooting Among Qualified Players" is a little obtuse, so here's the same chart for league-wide true shooting.

I covered this a bit in my footnote, but happy to expand on it. Here's a chart of average true shooting for FG% qualified players, from the 1979-80 season to present: