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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sloan Sports Analytics Conference being held this week in Boston will feature one very unique speaker, former President Barack Obama. For a lot of people, he's a surprising choice to attend a sports analytics conference, but for the organizers who convinced him to attend, it's a no-brainer. "We know he's a huge sports fan and he's done a lot on tactical decision making leveraging analytics," said Jessica Gelman, the conference's co-founder. "On the team and business side, that's exactly what we're about." Gelman is the CEO of Kraft Analytics Group, which was formed in 2016 after being spun out of the Kraft Sports Group, which owns the New England Continue to Article

February 20, 2018 2:28:am EST

When the 31-year-old entered the game as a Team LeBron member during the first quarter, he became the first ever player from Slovenia to achieve the honor. "For my country, for my people for my family, we have a lot of NBA players in this league, but this is the first time that a Slovenian player makes it. Continue to Article

February 19, 2018 12:52:am EST

Slovenia's Goran Dragic competed in his first NBA All Star Game on Sunday, completing a 15-year journey in professional basketball involving thousands of games played in arenas around the world and a handful of individual awards. When the 31-year-old entered the game as a Team LeBron member during the first quarter, he became the first ever player from Slovenia to achieve the honor. "For me it means a lot," the Miami Heat guard told Reuters on Saturday following a practice with his Team LeBron mates. Continue to Article

February 19, 2018 12:48:am EST

Basketball great Charles Barkley fears the NBA's popularity could be in jeopardy if the trend of top players gravitating towards a handful of franchises continues unchecked. Barkley, 54, said he was alarmed by the increasing disparity of rosters across the league, and warned that LeBron James' possible move to an already powerful team this summer could exacerbate the problem. James has the option of entering free agency this summer, and has been linked to a possible move to the Houston Rockets, where he would strengthen an already formidable roster spearheaded by James Harden and Chris Paul. Continue to Article

February 16, 2018 2:34:pm EST

James Harden worked through a subpar shooting performance to help the Houston Rockets carry a 10-game winning streak into the All-Star break following a 100-91 victory over the visiting Sacramento Kings on Wednesday. Harden totaled a game-high 28 points on 7-of-19 shooting and added nine rebounds and nine assists as Houston sealed its second double-digit winning streak this season. The Rockets won 14 consecutive games bridging the months of November and December. Continue to Article

February 15, 2018 1:48:am EST