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Topic Outline = I. Introduction = A. Attention grabber B. The origin of sports journalism 1. "A brief history of sports journalism." //2.// //ESPN: the Uncensored History// 3. "The Birth of Sports Illustrated (1950s)." C. Thesis Statement: The study of sports analytics is better for the evaluation of ability in sports than the more original, visual and simple statistical evaluation. D. The Rise in Popularity 1. "The ESPN effect." 2. //ESPN: the No-holds-barred Story of Power, Ego, Money, and Vision That Transformed a Culture//. 3. "Sports Television: Why ESPN Is The Crown Jewel” E. Development of sports analytics 1. "The Stat Movement Goes Establishment “ 2. "The Esoteric Equation on the Royals' Scoreboard in Kansas." 3. "Stats All, Folks. (baseball Statistical Analysis Services). II. Statistics in sports A. Changes in statistics in sports 1. NBA a) "The State of Basketball Analysis." b) "Will Coaches Listen to Stat Heads?" c) "Basketball Analytics: the Users” 2. MLB a) //Moneyball// b) "Using Linear Programming to Determine Post-Facto Consistency in Performance Evaluations of Major League Baseball Players." c) //Understanding Sabermetrics: an Introduction to the Science of Baseball Statistics//. //III.// //The Movement Against Advanced Statistics// //A.// //Journalists against it// 1. "What Geeks Don't Get: The Limits of Moneyball Panel Report." IV. Conclusion A. The study of sports analytics is better for the evaluation of ability in sports than the more original, visual and simple statistical evaluation.