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OTHER USEFUL RESOURCES
The Hardball Times: http://www.hardballtimes.com
APBRmetrics: http://sonicscentral.com/apbrmetrics/viewforum.php?f=1
Football Outsiders: http://www.footballoutsiders.com
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
TOBIAS J. MOSKOWITZ is the Fama Family Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago. He is the winner of the 2007 Fischer Black Prize, which honors the top finance scholar in the world under the age of forty.
L. JON WERTHEIM is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated, a recent Ferris Professor at Princeton, and the author of five books, including Strokes of Genius: Federer, Nadal, and the Greatest Match Ever Played.