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2012: Sports

Stories about MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference

In Relentless Jocks-Nerds War, Hope For Peace Through Analytics

The annual sports stat geek conference held at MIT’s Sloan business school is part Star Trek convention, part academic conference, part job fair, part media circus (thanks, ESPN!)–and the future of the $400 billion sports business.

In Relentless Jocks-Nerds War, Hope For Peace Through Analytics

Impact

10 minutes reflecting on who helped you succeed can transform your idea of the meritocracy

This company will turn your garage into an apartment for free—and help you rent it out

The Ocean Cleanup device has returned from the Pacific Garbage Patch with its first load of plastic

Creativity

The Billboard 200 chart will now include video plays from YouTube, Apple, and Spotify

Burger King offers free Whoppers if you can stomach ‘Star Wars’ spoilers

Clint Eastwood’s ‘Richard Jewell’ uses national hostility toward media (and women) to its advantage

Co.Design

Pink for girls and blue for boys? What toymakers get wrong about gender

This corporate holiday card is a lot cooler than yours

The London Underground’s logo gets an inspired redesign

Work Life

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This is how pay data can get the wage gap wrong