Statistical analyst and ex-NBA assistant coach Dean Oliver visits WIRED to answer sports math questions from the internet. What’s the most efficient shot to take on a basketball court?

which uses sports to teach science and math concepts that go beyond teamwork or physical fitness. The students, who tested their hypothesis at the Belle Valley School track field in Belleville ...

that would be quite a sport." The U.S. team last won the Olympiad in 1994. Reports in recent years have raised concerns that American math students are falling behind those in the rest of the world.