What topic could bring the likes of comedian Drew Carey, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, ESPN’s Bill Simmons, Forrest Gump producer Steve Tisch and me to a 30-degree, snow-covered Boston this past weekend?

Analytics
The hottest buzz in the sports industry today is analytics. It was one of the hottest topics at the National Sports Forum in January and consumed the sold-out Hynes Convention Center in Boston this past Friday and Saturday at the 6th annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference.… Read the rest