This summer, the FIFA Soccer World Cup will take place for the first time in an African country, South Africa. The Final Draw, the decider of which teams will be grouped together took place on December 4th. For many, this highly anticipated event officially kicks off the World Cup season. I am [...]
Continue Reading →Recently in the news there have been stories of worker strikes in South Africa that are affecting the construction of stadiums that are to be used in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The workers are demanding pay raises and are halting their efforts in constructing stadiums until their demands are met. Organizers of the [...]
Continue Reading →The 2008-2009 NHL Season has been a thrilling one and it continues to be with the start of the playoffs. The game’s popularity has been growing and a rise in attendance figures has been a direct result. The Total NHL Attendance figure was broken this year for the fourth consecutive year. This news made [...]
Continue Reading →Spring is around the corner and what does this mean to me? Yes it is lacrosse season and one of my favorite things to do is catch an early season college matchup. But, where can I go to watch a game? I decided to use the help of Finder!, Maker!, and also Continue Reading →
The U.S. Department of Education has a link on their website to The Equity in Athletics Data Analysis Cutting Tool, which allows visitors to download spreadsheets that show financial information about equity in college athletics. The universities that the data accounts for are US college universities that receive Title IV funding. What that basically means [...]
Continue Reading →With the college football season winding down and the National Championship coming up on January 8, 2009 between the Florida Gators and the Oklahoma Sooners, it would be interesting to know what college programs across the country are paying their head coaches. The following map shows a data collection, by all co-educational post-secondary [...]
Continue Reading →At last a visual analytic to illustrate where all the skateparks in the United States are located. By geocoding the names and addresses of all the skateparks on the SkateBoardPark.com website, and loading the point data into Finder!, over 3,000 skateparks are represented by points on a [...]
Continue Reading →Although it’s been a few days since the end of the 2008 Olympic Games, we’ve had many requests for Matt Madigan, FortiusOne’s resident Olympic Coach, to provide a wrap-up of the Games. He’s finally over the jet lag so here it is…
What a whirlwind the past 9 days or 10 days, depending [...]
Continue Reading →In a previous blog, “Fantasy Football Fun: A Look at the Offense Side”, Matia posted an intriguing comment: “It would be interesting to see if certain states are more likely to produce offense positions or defensive linemen — you could control for state population and see if California and Florida really can stand up next [...]
Continue Reading →Lacrosse has been tagged as “the fastest game on two feet” and those “feet” are rapidly moving across the country. Colleges and High Schools are now adding Lacrosse to their athletic repertoire as the sport gains attention in areas that knew little if anything about the game in the past.
Lacrosse originated from Native North [...]
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