For some, football is a game of confusing numbers that can look like the ones and zeros of computer code. Modern teams are using advanced metrics to gain an advantage while analysts are doing the same ...

In the past several decades, the baseball industry has become more enlightened -- thanks to an assist from advanced metrics. Although standard statistics remain quite valuable, advanced formulas and ...

Part of being a baseball fan these days is having at least a passing familiarity with advanced statistics -- i.e., the metrics that go beyond the usual fare of RBI, batting average, ERA, fielding ...