… Just 1 in 5 Yankees fans have a favorable opinion of [Alex] Rodriguez, and about twice as many view him unfavorably, according to a New York Times poll conducted from Friday through Wednesday, during which time Major League Baseball penalized Rodriguez with a 211-game suspension and levied 50-game suspensions […] Read more »
Silver’s switch may not succeed
Nate Silver’s move to the ESPN mother ship may be the best thing for all concerned. … I started pondering this many years ago, probably before [Nate] Silver was born, about the marketability of polls, the kind that Silver enjoys bundling. I wanted to be able to syndicate poll results […] Read more »
Video: Katie Couric asks Nate Silver about 2012, 2016, and baseball
At the Aspen Ideas Festival, Nate Silver talks with Katie Couric about the last presidential election, the next presidential election, and baseball. NOTE: Audio begins at 06:10. Read more »
Majority Acceptance of Gays From the B-ball Court to the Boy Scouts
A new ABC News/Washington Post poll finds further public acceptance of gay rights in the United States, in areas ranging from the professional basketball court to the Boy Scouts, as well as the institution of marriage. [cont.] Gary Langer, ABC News Read more »
Washington Post-ABC News poll shows wide public support for Jason Collins’s decision
When Washington Wizards center Jason Collins made history last month as the first active male athlete in a major U.S. sport to come out of the closet as gay, it was met by an overwhelmingly positive response from prominent athletes, politicians and celebrities. It turns out that stance is shared […] Read more »
Are ‘Hot Hands’ in Sports a Real Thing?
Winning streaks in sports may be more than just magical thinking, several new studies suggest. Whether you call them winning streaks, “hot hands” or being “in the zone,” most sports fans believe that players, and teams, tend to go on tears. … But our faith in hot hands is challenged by […] Read more »