Competitive curling returned last week and looked mostly normal. Skips of the non-throwing team were not allowed to sweep but that and a lack of spectators was the only difference between the Schweizer Cup and a normal curling event. As expected, the women’s final was between Elena Stern and Silvana Tirnizoni. Stern won in a […]
If this blog has two specialties they are analyzing first shots against Rachel Homan (thanks to the shot play-by-play at curlingzone.com, I have updated last week’s post with more extensive data) and Monte Carlo simulations of various events. To get people in the mood for that kind of thing, it’s only natural to look at […]
Last week in this space, we discussed the ritual of Rachel Homan’s opponents throwing their first shot in the rings when they didn’t have hammer in the first end. This puts the end on the road to the transactional blank, where both teams play a series of routine hits to produce a score of zero. […]
Between the dismissal of Lisa Weagle, the taking advantage of residency rules, and the burned-rock incident at the Olympics, Rachel Homan has her critics. I can’t say I’m a Homan fan, either, but I do have a certain appreciation for a team that walks onto the ice and consistently crushes its opponent with all the […]
In the introduction to my ratings, I used the example of Krista McCarville to show how the Bradley-Terry system can properly evaluate a team that played a limited schedule against mostly inferior competition. It was a heartwarming tale but the fact is that I am heavily incentivized to show the success stories of my ratings. […]
Herm Edwards’ fabled 2002 speech as New York Jets’ head coach was an inspiration to all. Faced with an organization imploding around him, he let the world know that no matter how dire the situation, you play to win the game. But Herm doesn’t always feel that way. On October 19, 2019, Edwards’ Arizona State […]
I added some mixed doubles ratings over the weekend. I don’t really follow mixed doubles and I have to say that after cranking out these ratings, my interest has not increased! The top teams rarely play each other and there are just so many fewer games world-wide than traditional curling. Also, there’s a wild mix […]
Going into the 2020 Canadian women’s curling championship a.k.a. The Scotties, the odds of each team winning were: Ontario: +151Manitoba: +207Wild Card: +290Team Canada: +619Alberta: +1000Saskatchewan: +1000British Columbia: +1300Prince Edward Island: +2100Northern Ontario: +3000Nova Scotia: +4000Northwest Territories: +4100New Brunswick: +5800Quebec: +7700Newfoundland & Labrador: +11500Nunavut: +17400Yukon: +23300 This is from a sportsbook called Sports Interaction per […]
Hi. My name is Ken Pomeroy. You may know me from my work in basketball. This is my site about curling. Thanks for stopping by. This has been something I’ve wanted to do for a while. I watch a fair amount of curling. More than the average person, I’d say. And I find myself mostly […]
