Cyrus Vance Jr.’s ‘Moneyball’ Approach to Crime

A profile of the District Attorney of New York County and his data-driven approaches.

Author: Chip Brown
Published: Dec 2, 2014
Length: 22 minutes (5,712 words)

Mikhail Prokhorov, the Playboy and His Power Games

You might think that Mikhail Prokhorov would have had a not-so-soft case of buyer’s remorse this past spring. A month before the start of the National Basketball Association season, the 45-year-old Russian billionaire struck a deal to buy the New Jersey Nets from the real estate developer Bruce C. Ratner. When the league owners finally ratified the sale eight months later, the Nets record stood at 12 wins and 70 losses, and Prokhorov’s shiny new team was the laughingstock of the NBA

Author: Chip Brown
Published: Oct 28, 2010
Length: 33 minutes (8,343 words)