Joe Burrow, The NFL's Divisional Round, & Pro Bowl Format Changes
Our latest episode features a quarterback-centric discussion of the NFL Playoffs Divisional Round as well as updates to the NFL's Pro...
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Weekly content pertaining to sports analytics & fandom
Doug Battle
- Jan 17
- 43 min
Injury Analytics & The 2023 NFL Playoffs
In this week's podcast, Mike Lewis explores the role injuries play in NFL personnel decisions and how analytics can better inform which...
Doug Battle
- Jan 10
- 1 min
Georgia Football Fandom & The CFP Final
Professor Lewis interviews UGA Super Fan and Savage Pads Podcast host "Darth Dawg" ahead of this week's College Football National...
Mike Lewis
- Dec 27, 2022
- 1 min
Storytelling and Analytics with Yahoo! Sports Writer Jay Busbee
Something a little different. Jay Busbee (@jaybusbee of Twitter and IG) and I are offering a short course on “Storytelling and Analytics”...
Mike Lewis
- Dec 14, 2022
- 5 min
2022's Most Influential Sports Figures with Emory Professor Tom Smith
Today’s podcast is our annual look at the top sports figures of the past year. The list is about cultural impact or influence rather than...
Mike Lewis
- Dec 8, 2022
- 13 min
NBA Fan Equity Rankings 2022: The Favorite Brands of Gen Z's Favorite League
The NBA is a fascinating league for analyzing fandom. The NBA is more star-driven, integrated with popular culture, and social...
Mike Lewis
- Dec 7, 2022
- 4 min
Next Generation Fandom Survey 2022: Fragmented Sports Fandom
Sports have played a vital role in American society over the last century. Olympic teams have brought together the nation, professional...
Doug Battle
- Nov 30, 2022
- 29 min
US Soccer Fandom & Conference Championship Week
Mike Lewis kicks off this week's podcast with discussion of the United States's growing soccer fandom following USMNT's win over Iran....
Doug Battle
- Nov 22, 2022
- 43 min
Fans Gone Wild, USMNT Fandom, & Renaming Stadiums
This week's podcast features discussion of college football's wildest Week 11 fan stories, the US Men's National Team's unique fandom,...
Doug Battle
- Nov 15, 2022
- 43 min
CFP Scenarios & The 2021 QB Class Verdict
Professor Lewis opens this podcast with a discussion on College Football Playoff scenarios as well as the worst fandoms in college...
Doug Battle
- Nov 9, 2022
- 38 min
Basketball Tip Off & The College Football Playoff Picture
We kick off this week's podcast with a discussion on Georgia's dominant win over Tennessee and the game's corresponding fandom stories....
Doug Battle
- Nov 2, 2022
- 47 min
CFP Rankings & NFL Midseason Stories
In this podcast, Professor Mike Lewis gives his initial reaction to the newly unveiled 2022 College Football Playoff Rankings and...
Mike Lewis
- Oct 27, 2022
- 3 min
Sport-Specific Fandom: Fandom Survey 2022
The American sports landscape is changing. Technology and demographic factors are producing a fragmented sports marketplace. With few...
Doug Battle
- Oct 24, 2022
- 38 min
Baseball Fandom & The 2022 World Series
In this week's podcast, Emory Baseball player Henry Pelinski joins Professor Mike Lewis to discuss baseball fandom and the 2022 World...
Mike Lewis
- Oct 18, 2022
- 1 min
Fandom Across the Partisan Divide
In 2022 politics and sports are massively intertwined. The last few years have witnessed social justice protests and a league pulling an...
Doug Battle
- Oct 18, 2022
- 45 min
Rocky Top's Rise & Saturday's Fandom Impact
After witnessing one of the greatest college football atmospheres in history, Professor Mike Lewis takes to the podcast to discuss Vol...
Doug Battle
- Oct 11, 2022
- 41 min
Changing Fandom Across Generations with Tom Smith
Emory Finance Professor Tom Smith returns to the show for an in-depth discussion of changing fandom across generations.
Doug Battle
- Oct 4, 2022
- 44 min
Week 4 Football & Findings on Sports Gambling
In this week's podcast, Professor Mike Lewis breaks down the week's biggest storylines in sports fandom, college football, and the NFL....
Mike Lewis
- Sep 27, 2022
- 1 min
Next Generation Fandom Survey 2022: Gender
This section of the Emory Marketing Analytics Center’s Next Generation Fandom Survey investigates the similarities and differences between..
Doug Battle
- Sep 27, 2022
- 44 min
Fandom Gone Wild
Professor Mike Lewis kicks off this week's podcast with a discussion on the week's most zealous fans - from one fan setting himself...
Doug Battle
- Sep 20, 2022
- 46 min
College Football's Cinderella & NFL Week 2
In this week's podcast, Emory Professor Mike Lewis discusses his top takeaways from Week 2 of NFL action as well as Appalachian State's even
Doug Battle
- Sep 13, 2022
- 45 min
Football's Return & Fandom Across The Political Spectrum
In this week's podcast, Professor Mike Lewis and I kick off the long-awaited NFL season with a discussion of the league's biggest week...
Mike Lewis
- Sep 12, 2022
- 3 min
Generation Z Fandom in 2022
Find the archive for the complete set of Next Generation Fandom Survey results here. Sports have long been a mainstay of American...
Doug Battle
- Sep 7, 2022
- 43 min
Generational Fandom, Football's Return, and The Rings of Power
In this week's podcast, Professor Mike Lewis discusses the difference in sports fandom across generations...
Doug Battle
- Aug 31, 2022
- 41 min
2022 College Football Preview
In this week's episode, Professor Mike Lewis and I take a look at the upcoming college football season and break down Week 1's biggest...
Mike Lewis
- Aug 16, 2022
- 5 min
Serena Versus the G.O.A.Ts
Serena Williams has announced her retirement to the expected reaction. Across the board, the tributes praise her as an all-time great who...
Doug Battle
- Aug 8, 2022
- 2 min
2022 NFL Season Preview
This NFL offseason, Emory Professor Mike Lewis has leveraged QB-centric data to predict 2022 season outcomes for all 32 NFL teams -...
Mike Lewis
- Jul 31, 2022
- 4 min
Projecting the NFC West: QB Wins Metric and QB Narratives
Today we continue discussing where the NFL is going in 2022 with a look at the NFC West. Our NFL projections are based on a forecast of...
Mike Lewis
- Jul 26, 2022
- 4 min
Projecting the NFC South: QB Wins Metric and QB Narratives
Today we continue discussing where the NFL is going in 2022 with a look at the NFC South. Our NFL projections are based on a forecast of...
Mike Lewis
- Jul 19, 2022
- 5 min
Projecting the NFC North: QB Wins Metric and QB Narratives
Today we continue discussing where the NFL is going in 2022 with a look at the NFC North.
Mike Lewis
- Jul 12, 2022
- 4 min
Projecting the NFC East: QB Wins Metric and QB Narratives
Today we continue discussing where the NFL is going in 2022 with a look at the NFC East. Our NFL projections are based on a forecast of...
Mike Lewis
- Jul 5, 2022
- 4 min
Projecting the AFC West: QB Wins Metric and QB Narratives
Today we continue discussing where the NFL is going in 2022 with a look at the AFC West. Our NFL projections are based on a forecast of...
Mike Lewis
- Jun 28, 2022
- 4 min
Projecting the AFC South: QB Wins Metric and QB Narratives
Today we continue discussing where the NFL is going in 2022 with a look at the AFC South. Our NFL projections are based on a forecast of...
Doug Battle
- Jun 23, 2022
- 4 min
Projecting the AFC North: QB Wins Metric and QB Narratives
Today we continue discussing where the NFL is going in 2022 with a look at the AFC North. Our NFL projections are based on a forecast of...
Mike Lewis
- Jun 13, 2022
- 5 min
Projecting the AFC East: QB Wins Metric and QB Narratives
Part 1 of our NFL preview, the NFL brands and fanbases analysis, looked at which teams have the best fanbases. Today we begin discussing whe
Mike Lewis
- Jun 8, 2022
- 2 min
A New Advanced Statistic for Quarterbacks: QB Wins
This is going to be an evolving post. We are doing a series of posts and podcast episodes over the summer that focus on the upcoming NFL...
Doug Battle
- Jun 6, 2022
- 1 min
Segmented Audiences in Sports & Entertainment
After a few weeks of discussion involving Mike's NFL Fandom Rankings, Mike and his co-host Doug Battle discuss the latest stories in...
Mike Lewis
- May 17, 2022
- 12 min
2022 NFL Fandom Rankings
Emory Marketing Professor Mike Lewis leverages statistical models based in economic and marketing theory to rank the NFL's 32 fanbases.
Doug Battle
- May 11, 2022
- 1 min
Methodology Behind Mike's Fandom Rankings
In anticipation of next week's NFL Fandom Rankings release, Emory Marketing Professor Mike Lewis walks listeners through the metrics he...
Doug Battle
- May 3, 2022
- 1 min
NIL Issues, NBA Ratings, NHL Momentum, & NFL Dominance
Has NIL enabled pay-for-play at universities like Miami? In this week's podcast, Professor Mike Lewis and his co-host Doug Battle discuss...
Mike Lewis
- Apr 27, 2022
- 2 min
Fandom and Cultural Engagement Survey 2022: A Preview
One of our major initiatives at the Emory Marketing Analytics Center is our annual survey of sports and cultural fandom. Fandom is a...
Doug Battle
- Apr 26, 2022
- 1 min
Under the Radar Fandom Stories & The Death of the NBA Super Team
In this week's podcast, Professor Mike Lewis and I dive into a few under-the-radar fandom stories to explore why boxing has lost its mass...
Mike Lewis
- Apr 13, 2022
- 9 min
The Structure of Influence (in Sports)
What follows is an example of the types of analyses that can be performed with survey data. The example is provided primarily to aid my...
Doug Battle
- Apr 6, 2022
- 1 min
Fan Segmentation in Sports & Entertainment
Are there any events left that successfully achieve mass appeal?
In this podcast, Emory Marketing Professor Mike Lewis answers this...
Doug Battle
- Mar 29, 2022
- 1 min
March Madness & Generational Oscars Fandom
Following a wild few weeks of March Madness, Professor Mike Lewis takes to the Fanalytics Podcast to break down why this year's...
Doug Battle
- Mar 21, 2022
- 1 min
The NIL Marketplace with Drew Butler
Icon Source EVP and former NFL punter Drew Butler joins the show to discuss empowering student-athletes with a platform to capitalize on...
Doug Battle
- Mar 14, 2022
- 1 min
Heckling In Sports, Brady/Rodgers, & March Madness
Following Naomi Osaka's early departure from the BNP Paribas Open, Emory Professor Mike Lewis and his co-host Doug Battle discuss the...
Mike Lewis
- Mar 9, 2022
- 2 min
Atlanta Sports Market Survey
Over the past few years (with a time out during COVID), the Emory Marketing Analytics Center has collaborated with the Atlanta...
Doug Battle
- Mar 7, 2022
- 1 min
MLB Update: Postseason Expansion, Draft Format, & The Game's Future
Former Goizueta Business School Professor Manish Tripathi rejoins the show to discuss the latest developments in Major League Baseball's...
Doug Battle
- Feb 28, 2022
- 1 min
Damian Bazadona on Building Fandom Communities Through Experiences
Fanalytics and The Emory Marketing Analytics Center present a special podcast episode featuring the Founder and President of Situation...
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