Past Articles from Sean Childers
Sean Childers is Ultiworld’s Editor Emeritus. He started playing ultimate in 2008 for UNC-Chapel Hill Darkside, where he studied Political Science and Computer Science before graduating from NYU School of Law. He has played for LOS, District 5, Empire, PoNY, Truck Stop, Polar Bears, and Mischief (current team). You can email him at [email protected].
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Ultiworld’s All-Club (Open) 2nd Team
For over a year, we’ve been working on improving statistical evaluation of Ultimate teams and players.
Oct 31, 2013 by Charlie Eisenhood, Sean Childers and Jeremy Weiss in News with 14 comments
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Scandal Gets Their Shot To Take Down Fury: Championship Game Preview
FRISCO — Scandal will finally have their Club Championship chance. The question is whether the D.C.
Oct 20, 2013 by Sean Childers in Analysis, Preview with 2 comments
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Rising Johnny Bravo Squad to Face #1 Seed Revolver: Game Preview
If winning the Club Championships is just a matter of getting hot at the right time, then it could be a very good weekend lying…
Oct 19, 2013 by Charlie Eisenhood and Sean Childers in Preview with 2 comments
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Feature Game Preview: Chicago Machine v. New York PoNY (Prequarters)
Ultiworld is excited to bring you in-depth livestream coverage of a pivotal Round of 16 game between New York PoNY and Chicago Machine at 11:45…
Oct 18, 2013 by Sean Childers and Charlie Eisenhood in Preview with 4 comments
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Sockeye: 2013 Club Championships Preview
We’ve thrown the word “parity” around the Club scene a lot this season. At first glance, Sockeye snugly fits that profile.
Oct 17, 2013 by Sean Childers in Analysis, Preview with 3 comments
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Stats Package Available For Club Championships
Ultiworld, partnering with the top statistical mobile application Ultiapps and VC Ultimate, will be tracking statistics on some top teams at the Club Championships this week.
Oct 16, 2013 by Sean Childers in Analysis with 8 comments
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Should We Rely on Computer Rankings to Allocate Nationals Bids?
Today, I co-authored a technical piece that looked at how well objective indicators like USA Ultimate regular season rankings or RRI ranks predicted team performance…
Oct 16, 2013 by Sean Childers in Livewire, News with 6 comments
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Forecasting Nationals and Ranking Teams: Computers v. Power Rankings
Want to know what to expect at Nationals this week? Who will do well, who will tank, and who might win?
Oct 16, 2013 by Sean Childers and Max Cohen in Analysis, Rankings with 10 comments
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Machine: 2013 Club Championship Preview
For all the speculation about Chicago Machine’s #2 USA Ultimate ranking being inflated, make no mistake: this is the best Machine team in years, and…
Oct 15, 2013 by Sean Childers and Charlie Eisenhood in Analysis, Preview with 9 comments
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Revolver: 2013 Club Championships Preview
In USA Ultimate’s view, San Francisco’s Revolver is still the cream of the crop.
Oct 15, 2013 by Charlie Eisenhood and Sean Childers in Analysis, Preview with 4 comments