Nicholas D. Allen

“Now, a group of deluded killjoys from Northwestern University are trying to finish the argument. This week, they announced the completion of a program called Stats Monkey that generates its own game stories using box scores and play-by-play info.”

-Can a computer cover a ball game?, Toronto Star

“We know what you’re all thinking: yeah, but do Stats Monkey stories stink?  We wish.”

-Sportswriters going ape. And monkeying around…, The Sport Jesters

“Welcome to the future, where the umpires might not be killer robots just yet, but the sportswriters already sport electronic brains.”

-Storied legacy of sportswriting passed to robot stat monkeys, Yahoo Sports

“Only as much one can state with security: It will come. The rising costs in the media will already provide for it.”

-Journalism: Now also from text modules of colleague the automat, Carta