The USA did just fine at the World Track and Field Championships in London. Maybe better than fine. No one … More
Category: medal projections
Presenting the Perpetual Medal Count
How are each country’s Olympic athletes trending in World Championship and other competition? Glad you asked. As it stands now, … More
2018 medal projections: 31 today
NBC’s Nick Zaccardi has taken care of something I had planned to do, rounding up this winter’s World Championship results … More
What happens when you search for Olympic sports
Yes, SportsMyriad will have medal projections in 2016, but we’re doing things a little differently. Note the “we.” Not “I.” … More
2016 medal projections: Handball (men’s)
The World Championships are all over bar the shouting. And people are shouting about Qatar — the country you know as the … More
Medal projection fever: Events that matter in 2015
Ten days until the men’s handball World Championships! That’s the first of many events that will feed into the 2016 medal … More
Medal projections: Stats vs. subjectivity
Can we really come up with a statistical model for projecting Olympic medals? I’ve often joked that I want to … More
Olympic medals: The host-nation bounce is real
Olympic stats wizard Bill Mallon has quantified the host-nation bounce, showing that the country that last hosted the Olympics can … More
2014 medal projections: Some excruciating details
How did the Olympic results compare with all the things we could use to predict them? Glad you asked: [gview … More
Where the Olympic medals came from and went
The biggest differences between the Sochi medal projections and the Sochi medal count were: USA – Speedskating: Projected 7, got … More