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American Statistical Association: Statistics in Sports

This section of the American Statistical Association website covers Statistics in Sports. Available here are a few older articles dealing with sports statistics and links to websites containing data for several professional and amateur sports, as well as websites with general news and information about sports, and a listing of official team websites for pro teams. A section called Statistics on...

https://community.amstat.org/sis/home
Harvard Sports Analysis Collective

Launched in 2009, the Harvard College Sports Analysis Collective's (HSAC) blog is an extension of the student-run organization that was started three years prior. HSAC provides a space for "quantitative analysis of sports strategy and management," and the blog (written by Harvard University students and faculty) builds on this mission. Under the Topics tab, visitors can choose a sport or subject...

http://harvardsportsanalysis.org/
Hot Takedown

Produced by news outlet FiveThirtyEight, Hot Takedown is a podcast "where the hot takes of the sports world meet the numbers that prove them right or tear them down." While the show caters to sports enthusiasts, its content and tone invite all listeners to learn and laugh. The show is co-hosted by Sara Ziegler (FiveThirtyEight's sports editor), Neil Paine (a senior writer), and Geoff Foster...

https://fivethirtyeight.com/tag/hot-takedown/
Sports Analytics for Students

Who would have thought strike zones and statistics make the perfect pair? Inspired by a sports analytics conference, University School of Nashville educator Joel Bezaire is making his case for connections between math and sports organizations with his aptly titled curriculum "Sports Analytics For Students." Math educators in search of a fun way to wrap-up the school year and caregivers looking for...

https://prealgebraone.wordpress.com/sports-analytics-for-stu...
Sportscience

Professor Will Hopkins of AUT University in Auckland has been working in the world of sport science for decades, and his website is a crucial resource for people interested in such matters. The Sportscience website features a peer-reviewed journal, information about sport science research methodologies, and thematic areas on sports medicine, sport nutrition, and statistics. On the right-hand side...

http://www.sportsci.org/index.html