Title: Thunderbirds Lose Overtime Heartbreaker to Dinos
Date: October 13, 2012
Original Source: UBC Thunderbirds
Synopsis: Post-game recap for Oct. 13 Women’s Ice Hockey game between UBC and Calgary.
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Title: Thunderbirds Down Dinos, Remain Undefeated
Date: October 13, 2012
Original Source: UBC Thunderbirds
Synopsis: Post-game recap for Oct. 13 Women’s Field Hockey game between UBC and Calgary.
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Title: DeMar DeRozan’s Unique TS% Path
Date: October 12, 2012
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This article pulled historical player data to try and find comparable historical examples to try and project DeMar DeRozan’s True Shooting Percentage trajectory. It turns out DeRozan has a very unique statistical profile, making it difficult to forecast his future.
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Title: WHIFF! Strikeout Rates Explained
Date: October 10, 2012
Original Source: Beyond the Boxscore
Synopsis: My latest at Beyond the Boxscore takes a look at what factors in a pitcher’s profile can predict strikeout rate. As it turns out, pitchers can generate strikeouts regardless of fastball velocity, slider usage, first strike percentage and more, as long as they do one thing well – generate whiffs.
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Title: Wages of Wins: Raptors a Potential 4th Seed
Date: October 9, 2012
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: The analytics site Wages of Wins released some early projections for the NBA season and the Raptors surprisingly came out ranking well. I took a look at some of their methodology and conclusions, suggesting that while they might be flawed, they highlight that Raptor fans are not just employing hubris when they look at a potential playoff spot in the East.
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Title: Raptors vs Real Madrid – Live Blog
Date: October 8, 2012
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: I live-blogged the Raptors’ pre-season opening exhibition game against Spanish ACB team Real Madrid, a sloppy 102-95 victory.
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Title: Thunderbirds Lose Heartbreaker in Shootout
Date: October 6, 2012
Original Source: UBC Thunderbirds
Synopsis: Post-game recap for Oct. 6 Women’s Ice Hockey game between UBC and Regina.
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Title: Thunderbirds Earn Impressive Victory In Home Opener
Date: October 5, 2012
Original Source: UBC Thunderbirds
Synopsis: Post-game recap for Oct. 5 Women’s Ice Hockey game between UBC and Regina.
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Title: Raptors Player Profiles – Bigs
Date: October 5, 2012
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: With the release of ESPN’s John Hollinger’s Player Profiles, I took a look at how the Raptors’ big men stacked up, reflecting on Hollinger’s take with takes of my own.
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Title: Around the World in 80 Baskets: Brylle Kamen’s Basketball Odyssey
Date: October 5, 2012
Original Source: UBC Thunderbirds Men’s Basketball Program
Synopsis: After 369 articles/blogs published online, #370 was my first in print. It is a feature on Brylle Kamen, a UBC Men’s Basketball player who transferred to UBC after four stops in the U.S. (including two D-I NCAA programs). Brylle is from Paris, France and is also a member of the Cameroon National Basketball team. I wasn’t sure how to reproduce the piece (other than maybe scanning and uploading the shots), so I just reproduced the text below, so you miss out on the pictures/formatting etc that had me so excited about my first “in print” piece.
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