Friday and Saturday in Boston, the 13th annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference presented by ESPN convenes students and industry pros to talk numbers and business.
It figures that ESPN once again will provide a strong presence at MIT Sloan, sending more than a dozen panelists representing several platforms.
Conversations about sports analytics in particular and the sports business world as a whole will drive the discussions.
But Front Row asked several of the panelists to get granular and answer this: What’s your favorite sports number and why?
Here are some responses:
Doug Kezirian, Daily Wager host

Michele Steele, SportsCenter anchor and reporter

Seth Walder, ESPN Analytics writer

Paul Pierce, ESPN NBA analyst

Mina Kimes, senior writer, ESPN The Magazine

Kristie Blasi, senior director, ESPN Stats & Info Group (SIG)

ESPN President Jimmy Pitaro

Emily Archacki designed the social cards.