Table of Contents

Matrix-based Methods for College Football Rankings.- Who’s the Best? Data Envelopment Analysis and Ranking Players in the National Football League.- Dynamic Programming and Time Related Strategies in Sports.- Using Statistics to Predict Scores in English Premier League Soccer.- Modelling and Forecasting Match Results in the English Premier League and Football League.- Restructuring the Belgian Professional Football League: A Location-Allocation Solution.- The Best Systems for Appointing Referees.- Fashion Accessory, Social Identity or Tribal Uniform?.- Modeling a Baseball Game to Optimize Pitcher Substitution Strategies Using Dynamic Programming.- Mega Deal? A Relative Performance Analysis for Major League Baseball Players.- Market Inefficiencies in Player Head to Head Betting on the 2003 Cricket World Cup.- Searching for Patterns in Sports Contests.- Track and Field Performance Data and Prediction Models: Promises and Fallacies.- Using Response Surface Models for Evolutionary Estimation of Optimum Running Times.- Solving Sports Scheduling and Timetabling Problems with Constraint Programming.- Collaboration Networks in Sports.- The Holdup System for Grouping Minor Hockey Participants Into Age Divisions.- Promotion and Relegation in Rent Seeking Contests.