American sports journalist
Bill Barnwell |
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Born | William Jerome Barnwell Jr. (1984-07-05) July 5, 1984 (age 39) |
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Occupation | Journalist |
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Nationality |
American |
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Alma mater |
Northeastern University (BA) |
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Subject | Sports |
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Years active | 2005 (2005)–present |
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William Jerome Barnwell Jr. is an American
sportswriter and
staff writer for
ESPN.com.
[1] He has written about a wide range of sports including
football, basketball, baseball, soccer, golf and
mixed martial arts.
Career
Barnwell began his sportswriting career while a student at
Northeastern University as an intern for
Football Outsiders, a football statistics and analysis website.
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[4] He remained at Football Outsiders until 2011 when he was brought on to write at
Grantland, a sports and pop-culture website started by
Bill Simmons in affiliation with
ESPN.
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[4] At Grantland, Barnwell frequently wrote columns about the
National Football League, including coverage and analysis of the
NFL draft,
free agency,
salary cap,
coaching strategy,
rule changes, and
prop bets.
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[8] While at Grantland he also wrote about the
NBA,
UFC,
Premier League and
sabermetrics, and frequently appeared as a guest on
The B.S. Report.
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[10] Barnwell, along with fellow Grantland writer Robert Mays, hosted the Grantland NFL Podcast from August 2013 until October 2015, at which point ESPN announced that it was ending the publication of Grantland.
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[13] Prior to Grantland's closure, the Grantland NFL Podcast missed several scheduled release dates over a period of two weeks without public explanation, leading to speculation that Barnwell and Mays may have been engaged in a dispute with interim editor
Chris Connelly.
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Regarding football analysis, Barnwell frequently cites a team's
DVOA.
[15] While working at Football Outsiders, Barnwell developed a
metric called
Speed Score, which uses an individual football player's weight and
40-yard dash time at the
NFL scouting combine to predict future performance.
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[18] In fourth down situations, Barnwell has written that football teams are unlikely to be as aggressive as they should be, arguing that average win probability usually goes up when a team elects not to
punt.
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In 2015, he assumed full-time writing duties at ESPN.com.
Personal life
Barnwell has written about his struggles with depression and body image. He lost 125 pounds in 2015.
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He is a fan of the
New York Giants, but acknowledges that he also "worships"
Tom Brady.
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Bibliography (selected)
References
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Bill Barnwell - MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference
Archived March 13, 2016, at the
Wayback Machine MIT Sloan School of Management. March 22, 2016
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^ Leitch, Will
Are the Jets a Disappointment This Season? Bill Barnwell From Football Outsiders Breaks Down the Numbers New York Magazine. March 22, 2016
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^ Barnwell, Bill
Bareatime! Grantland. March 22, 2016
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SITE NEWS: Bill Barnwell Says Goodbye Football Outsiders. March 22, 2016
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^ Biasotti, Tony
Bill Simmons is leaving Grantland. Can the site survive without him? Columbia Journalism Review. March 22, 2016
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^ Tannenbaum, Rob
Bill Simmons' Big Score Rolling Stone. March 22, 2016
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^ McGeady, Andy
A good run, Grantland? It was wonderful while it lasted Irish Times. March 22, 2016
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^ Davis, Scott
One of the NFL's hottest teams at the beginning of the season has completely fallen apart Business Insider. March 22, 2016
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^ Soper, Taylor
Secrets of sports analytics: Top athletes, coaches, execs explain importance of analyzing data GeekWire. March 22, 2016
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^ Alvidrez, Julia
The B.S. Report Report: Get It On Deadspin. March 22, 2016
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^ Augustine, Bernie
ESPN eliminates Grantland, says site founded by Bill Simmons will no longer publish New York Daily News. March 22, 2016
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"ESPN Statement Regarding Grantland". ESPN MediaZone. Archived from
the original on October 30, 2015. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
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^ Shephard, Alex and Mark Krotov
A Eulogy for Grantland The New Republic. March 22, 2016
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^ Dietsch, Richard
SI Media Podcast: Featuring guest James Andrew Miller Sports Illustrated. March 22, 2016
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^ Barnwell, Bill
Barnwell grades free-agent deals ABC News. March 22, 2016
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^ Trapasso, Chris
Chiefs-Raiders: The most important stats to know for Week 12's TNF game CBS Sports. March 22, 2016
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^ Tomlinson, Sean
How David Johnson Will Inject Life in Arizona Cardinals' Run Game Bleacher Report. March 22, 2016
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^ Barnwell, Bill
Revisiting, Revising, and Reexamining the 2008 Class of RBs Grantland. March 22, 2016
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^ Hansen, Barrett
4th Down Strategy: Punt, Go for It, or Try the Hard Count? Harvard Sports Analysis Collective. March 22, 2016
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^ Frauenfelder, Mark
How ESPN writer Bill Barnwell lost 125 pounds last year BoingBoing. March 22, 2016
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^ Barnwell, Bill
The Easiest Way to Lose 125 Pounds Is to Gain 175 Pounds Medium. March 22, 2016
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^ Barnwell, Bill
The Debut of Our NFL Preview Podcast Series with Bill Barnwell and Robert Mays! Grantland. March 22, 2016
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