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qntkhvn @qntkhvn.bsky.social · 13h

disappointed that the substack name is not hai davai

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Sam Kirschner @cincysam6.bsky.social · 13h

NFL Big Data Bowl dropped this past week and while I'm not entering this year, I did want to have some fun with tracking data and other football side projects so I'm launching a Substack as a public forum to do so. Plan to do some BDB tutorials. Check it out!

cincysam6.substack.com/p/welcome-fr...

Welcome, Friend.

I figured I’d start this Substack with a brief introduction to myself and the purpose of this space.

cincysam6.substack.com

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qntkhvn @qntkhvn.bsky.social · 22h

My recent #NESSIS talk at Harvard on evaluating change of direction of NFL players #NFLCoD is available online: youtu.be/mIn-d7iBt1g

2025 NESSIS - Talk by Quang Nguyen

YouTube video by Mark Glickman

youtu.be

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Michael Lopez @statsbylopez.bsky.social · 2d

Open role with our Football/Media Data & Analytics teams at the NFL - please reach out if this seems like a good fit

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Nick Wan @nickwan.bsky.social · 7d

The Cincinnati Reds are hiring for our Baseball Ops and Analytics trainee roles!

Based in Cincy
$20/hr (+ COL stipend for trainees in Cincy)

www.teamworkonline.com/baseball-job...

Cincinnati Reds

Connect with 1,500+ employers from the NFL, NBA, WNBA, MLB, NHL, MLS, NWSL, college athletics, sports tech startups, agencies, arenas, and more

www.teamworkonline.com

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Posit @posit.co · 11d

The new ggplot2 4.0.0 is here! 🎉

This major update includes a foundational rewrite of S7 and user benefits such as smarter labeling and a revamped theming system.

Check the details: www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/09...

BONUS: Join the release party on Oct 3, 3pm ET. bit.ly/join-gg-extenders

#RStats

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datawithbliss.bsky.social @datawithbliss.bsky.social · 15d

The 2026 Big Data Bowl #BigDataBowl is live!

Participants can sign up for two competitions:
- leaderboard
- traditional analytics competition

This year's task: predict/understand player movement when the ball is in the air

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Nick Wan @nickwan.bsky.social · 15d

Big data bowl is up!! Two types of competitions this year:

The prediction track is more of your classic Kaggle prediction competition. Similar to the March madness Kaggle comp, NFL will use the actual game data from this season and the best prediction wins

www.kaggle.com/c/nfl-big-da...

NFL Big Data Bowl 2026 - Prediction

Predict player movement while the ball is in the air

www.kaggle.com

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Kaggle @kaggle.com · 16d

🏈 The 8th annual NFL Big Data Bowl is here!

This year, we’re excited to launch two competitions in collaboration with NFL. Participants will use NFL player tracking (Next Gen Stats) to generate insights that enhance the game.

Pro tip: you can compete in both 😎
More info 👇

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Emil Hvitfeldt @emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social · 16d

I'm exited to announce a new resource about making slides with quarto and revealjs. This book is the combination of all the work I have done in this area, reordered and polished up

There isn't a lot of new information yet, but this format allows me to add more easily

slidecrafting-book.com
#quarto

Screenshot of first page of slidecrafting-book.com website

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qntkhvn @qntkhvn.bsky.social · 25d

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qntkhvn @qntkhvn.bsky.social · 25d

how about bringing them to cmsac this year

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Ron Yurko @stat-ron.bsky.social · 29d

Great article on the cutting-edge #NFL #BigDataBowl data research by PhD student Quang Nguyen (@qntkhvn.bsky.social) - #Steelers fans should read this! Watt vs. Garrett? Metcalf vs. Pickens? Quang Nguyen Uses #NextGenStats To Evaluate Player Performance www.cmu.edu/dietrich/new...

Watt vs. Garrett? Metcalf vs. Pickens? Quang Nguyen Uses Next Gen Stats To Evaluate Player Performance - Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences - Carnegie Mellon University

Statistics Ph.D. candidate Quang Nguyen uses NFL tracking data to find new and exciting ways to evaluate players.

www.cmu.edu

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qntkhvn @qntkhvn.bsky.social · 29d

www.cmu.edu/dietrich/new...

Watt vs. Garrett? Metcalf vs. Pickens? Quang Nguyen Uses Next Gen Stats To Evaluate Player Performance - Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences - Carnegie Mellon University

Statistics Ph.D. candidate Quang Nguyen uses NFL tracking data to find new and exciting ways to evaluate players.

www.cmu.edu

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John Edwards @johnbedwards.io · Sep 5

Hi folks,
Mariners Baseball Operations is hiring interns for the 2026 season! We're looking for Data Science, Baseball Projects, and general Baseball Ops interns for the upcoming year. More details below:

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Tan @tanho.ca · Sep 2

#nflverse news: we've just published nflreadr v1.5.0 to CRAN in time for the new season 🎉

It comes with a few 🚨breaking changes🚨 to core functions, of note:

- load_players()
- load_player/team_stats()
- load_depth_charts()
- load_participation()

Full changelog here, details in thread 🧵

Changelog

nflreadr.nflverse.com

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qntkhvn @qntkhvn.bsky.social · Aug 29

@statsinthewild.bsky.social

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Amstat-American Statistical Association @amstatnews.bsky.social · Aug 28

At Chicago’s Lincoln Lodge, scientists and comedians mix research and humor on stage. In this “Stats + Stories” episode, @johnbailer.bsky.social and @rompenni.bsky.social talk with Greg Matthews—professor, data artist, and comedian—about this unique blend of science and art. tinyurl.com/76cs44k7

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Posit @posit.co · Aug 18

Announcing new Quarto resources for Positron users!

The Quarto website now has extensive resources for those interested in using Positron to create beautiful reports, dashboards, presentations, and more.

Check out the updated documentation here: quarto.org/docs/get-sta...

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Ron Yurko @stat-ron.bsky.social · Aug 12

Submit your #sportsanalytics research abstracts by FRIDAY AUG 15TH for our annual #ReproducibleResearch Competition! www.cmsaconference.com/research-com...

Submit your work & please share with others (especially students) in your network! #CMSAC #statistics #datascience #sports #machinelearning

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ALT: a man in a suit is pointing at his watch with the words you know what time it is behind him

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qntkhvn @qntkhvn.bsky.social · Aug 9

if you're in Chicago (or close by), come to this show this coming Thursday (Aug 14)

more show info + tickets: eventbrite.com/e/uncontrolled-variables-tickets-167491434389

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qntkhvn @qntkhvn.bsky.social · Aug 9

if you're in Chicago (or close by), come to this show this coming Thursday (Aug 14)

more show info + tickets: eventbrite.com/e/uncontrolled-variables-tickets-167491434389

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Tan @tanho.ca · Aug 8

Looking for a product scientist to join us on the teamworks soccer group (my team)!

Happy to answer any questions 😁

ats.rippling.com/en-CA/teamwo...

Product Scientist (Soccer-Intelligence) - EMEA | Teamworks Careers

Game Plan - How You'll Drive Impact: Partner directly with professional soccer clubs to support their platform usage, answer technical ques...

ats.rippling.com

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qntkhvn @qntkhvn.bsky.social · Aug 8

is there a tanbot penalty if I apply?

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Mike Lynch @sportinfo247.bsky.social · Aug 7

It's been at least half a dozen years, perhaps more than @aaronschatz.com @sean-forman.com @frantic.org and I have been talking about partnering around this. So freaking excited to announce it to the public. That's right, @pro-football-reference.com now has PxP and all sorts of new stats back to '78

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