Neil Grenberg-Sports Analytics

The MIT Club has invited us. Please register on their site by clicking below: www.mitdc.org/greenberg2016

Neil Greenberg -- Sports Analytics
The Washington Post writer and Fancy Stats blogger Neil Greenberg will give an entertaining and informative talk on statistics and advanced metrics in professional sports (baseball, football, hockey). If you saw the movie Moneyball starring Brad Pitt, you will definitely want to attend this event. Dinner meeting at Maggiano's DC. $46 pp members/guests; $56 pp non-members/guests. Register by May 19.

Dinner & Talk

Neil Greenberg
Staff Writer
The Washington Post

Sports Analytics

Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at 6:30 p.m.

 Maggiano’s Little Italy Restaurant
5333 Wisconsin Avenue NW
Washington, DC

Neil Greenberg is a writer for The Washington Post, specializing in sports analytics. He is a self-described "geek" (as opposed to "nerd"). who uses complex mathematical analyses to provide fans with unique new insights and information about players and teams.

In addition to his articles in The Washington Post, you can find Neil's work on the Fancy Stats blog where he covers all pro sports as well as college football and basketball.

Neil has served as ESPN Insider's NHL analytics expert and is a regular guest on Sirius® XM NHL Radio™. 

This past spring Neil was featured on a panel presented by ESPN at the MIT Sloan School Sports Analytics Conference entitled "Serving the Sports Fans with Analytics."

This event promises to be both intellectually informative and entertaining as you will see sports from a totally different perspective.

MENU

A variety of Italian dishes will be served family-style.

REGISTRATION

The price of this event is $46 per person for members and their guests, and $56 per person for all others. Register by clicking the "Registration" button above not later than May 19. You will need to log in.

Contact Information

Primary Contact

Cynthia O'Connell
,
202-657-2188
cjo@alum.mit.edu

Secondary Contact

Jeffrey Kurland
,
jkurland@gmail.com

Date & Location

Date: 5/24/2016
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Maggiano’s Little Italy Restaurant

DIRECTIONS AND PARKING

This event will take place at Maggiano’s Little Italy, 5333 Wisconsin Avenue NW, in the Chevy Chase section of DC, near the Maryland state line.

Underground parking is available in the Chevy Chase Pavilion at a discounted price when you get your parking receipt stamped at the restaurant and park after 5 p.m. for fewer than four hours. Entry is from Military Road.

Via Metro, get off at Friendship Heights on the Red Line and take the elevator up to Maggiano’s.

ACCESSIBILITY

Elevators bring people from the garage and Metro up to street level. Once inside Maggiano’s there is an elevator to the second floor where our dinner meeting will be held.