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Dan Falkenheim

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Fact Checker and super googler at @SInow | Working on MS in Analytics @ Georgia Tech | Most of the time thinking about the WNBA, LOTR, sci-fi and film

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  • 1 month ago | ktla.com | Dan Falkenheim

    After a chaotic free agency period and before looming collective bargaining agreement negotiations, the one thing that is all but certain is the Dallas Wings selecting Paige Bueckers with the No. 1 pick in the 2025 WNBA draft. The rest remains an open question.

  • 1 month ago | si.com | Dan Falkenheim

    After a chaotic free agency period and before looming collective bargaining agreement negotiations, the one thing that is all but certain is the Dallas Wings selecting Paige Bueckers with the No. 1 pick in the 2025 WNBA draft. The rest remains an open question.

  • 1 month ago | si.com | Dan Falkenheim

    In 1998 Stanford walked into the women’s NCAA tournament as the top overall seed and with a dark cloud overhead. All Pac-10 forward Vanessa Nygaard suffered her second torn ACL in the regular-season finale and four days later, forward Kristin Folkl, the Cardinal’s leading scorer, tore her ACL. By the time No. 16 Harvard arrived at Stanford’s doorstep, malaise seemed to have already set in.

  • 2 months ago | si.com | Dan Falkenheim

    Genie Bouchard needed her partner to pull his weight. About two months before her Pickleball Slam 3 doubles match against Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf for a $1 million cash purse, Bouchard approached Andy Roddick’s wife, Brooklyn Decker, at a charity tennis event in the Bahamas. “I was like, Brooklyn, you gotta make him practice,” Bouchard recalls. “She’s like, I’m trying. And Andy’s like, I am not practicing. And I was like, Dude, come on.

  • Jun 20, 2024 | si.com | Dan Falkenheim

    The last time Chennedy Carter had started a WNBA game—749 days before Sunday’s loss to the Indiana Fever—she scored 20 points and had nearly worn out her welcome. Within five weeks, the Los Angeles Sparks benched Carter—former NCAA All-American, former No. 4 pick and youngest player in WNBA history with a 30-point game. Her accolades soon became footnotes.

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Dan Falkenheim
Dan Falkenheim @thefalkon
9 May 25

we are entering a golden age of Pope analytics

Leonardo Rizzo
Leonardo Rizzo @LnrdRizzo

How we "guessed" the Pope using network science: inside the cardinal network. A study by me, Beppe Soda and Alessandro Iorio. Article: https://t.co/xQ0fTmpVxb @Unibocconi https://t.co/dTjL9MLFr3

Dan Falkenheim
Dan Falkenheim @thefalkon
9 May 25

RT @owenlhjphillips: From the NBA's L2M reports we can see which calls refs get right **when they call them** (accuracy) and which calls th…

Dan Falkenheim
Dan Falkenheim @thefalkon
7 May 25

If Brittney Griner hits threes on a consistent basis, the Dream are going to be dangerous.

Nekias (Nuh-KY-us) Duncan
Nekias (Nuh-KY-us) Duncan @NekiasNBA

First Atlanta Dream possession of the Smesko Era. Middle PnR with Jordin Canada and Brittney Griner, but look at the spacing. Bri Jones starts on the wing with Rhyne Howard, dives to the basket late. Allisha Gray in the other corner. Lot of space for Canada to explore. https://t.co/0fqJHopSaW