I'm having one of those days where I just want to redefine a lot of things. That is now spilling over to this blog, so bear with me for a few paragraphs as I walk you through the process. A little history first - this site began as The Football Professor...I think...or was it The Science of Football? I honestly can't remember back to 2005. At some point it became TSOF and then it evolved into The Science of Winning...The Blog because I ... Read More

Some breaking news today - Bull VS Bear will team up with NewsRadio 910 WSBA again in 2008 to provide listeners in the York-Harrisburg-Lancaster area with the best technical sports analysis available to mankind. Broadcasts will begin on Tuesday, September 2nd at 7:20 AM. They can be heard live on WSBA 910 AM or streaming over the internet at www.wsba910.com. Each week Doug Walters (Lead Writer, BVSB) will join Jeffrey Schiffman (Sports Director, WSBA) to break down the previous week's games and talk ... Read More

I've been blogging since 2005, quite a bit longer than some of the other bloggers out there, and if that makes me one of the sports blogging fogies then I'll happily admit that this post may come across as a little senile and bitter-as-your-toothless-grandpa-ish. First of all, I haven't found a chronology of sports blogs so here's what I've dug up in the last five minutes: 2004 - March: Mr. Irrelevant; The Hardball Times 2004 - November: Can't Stop the Bleeding 2005 - January: Free Darko 2005 ... Read More

You knew this had to be coming soon...WTM has officially expanded into the National Hockey League. I don't have any season stats, but it's something I'll certainly look at for the 2008-2009 NHL season. The application of WTM to hockey was seamless. Same equation. No mysterious exponents like Pythag estimates. Just High, Low, and Close. Take Colorado, for example: That's the first half of this year (41 games) and the WTM estimate for winning percentage was .510 (42 wins). Guess what the Avalanche actually did ... Read More