Sports by the Numbers

• Sherlock Holmes and Bicycle Tracks (ps or pdf) Just a little something after we've outlined the quarter

• A Matter of Proportion (ps or pdf) People versus fleas, Mexico City olympics, dimensional analysis
• Betting on Football Pools (ps or pdf) Office pools and for-profit pools with a digression into a hat problem
• "And the Winner is ..." (ps or pdf) Is the winning team the best?  A conundrum with three teams.  Can we have fair elections?
• Fair Play (ps or pdf) Are tennis and the World Series fair?  What are the chances of an upset?