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About the newsroom
A measurement publication of fan sentiment, with a model to argue with. Every piece is by a named beat writer and written from numbers in Bandwagon's database. Every piece must pass the newsroom's automatic gates, is published under the editor's review and names the editor at its foot. A fixed number of columns a week, and at most one game preview a day from each beat writer, for a game picked from the numbers.
Nothing published yet for this league. The first Monday column is queued for editor review; it appears here once approved.
Every Thursday the model's side is recorded in the games where it and the crowd disagree most. Every Friday they are graded, hit or miss, on this page. Bandwagon's model, not a sportsbook line. We do not take wagers.
Calendar
- Monday, Early: who took a stance before the crowd moved.
- Tuesday, The Bandwagon Index: the week's ranking of neutrals' confidence.
- Thursday, Crowd vs Model: where people and the model part, with the house picks.
- Friday: last week's picks, graded.
- Monthly, Team Reports.
- Daily, Game previews: one game the next day per beat writer, picked from the numbers, with a lean that is graded afterwards.
- Daily, Player watch: a player who gets little attention, the day before his team plays, with one thing to check afterwards.
Weekly columns from Bandwagon's beat writers, each written from the numbers in Bandwagon's database: Early, the Bandwagon Index, Crowd vs Model and monthly team reports.