Spatial Analysis of Tennis by Damien Demaj
Sweet link to mapping basketball by Kirk Goldsberry.
Michael Schuckers work on rating goalies in Hockey which builds upon his shot probability maps.
Tonnes of stuff out there on heat maps in soccer (e.g., here).
The ESPN website actually contains a lot of spatial data (e.g., Basketball shot charts).
Fox Sports has nice hit chart data for baseball players (e.g., Jose Bautista).
Baseball strikezone heat maps also count, even though the spatial domain is not geographical per se (e.g., from fangraphs).
Spatial analysis on the role of travel distances on team success in March Madness.
Know of any other great websites doing spatial sports analytics, or other interesting pieces of spatial sports data? Post a comment and I'll add them to the list.
Interesting the heatmap issue... Looks like the predictions in the 1981 book by Joel Garreau "Nine Nations of North America" came true. You should read it (If you haven't) it's a great book.
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