The robot sports analyst has arrived, powered by data from historical records, game logs, play-by-play records, and athlete tracking technologies. Today algorithms write real and fantasy sports stories that sound human. Soon sports data will collide with algorithmic advances to push automated sports analysis along several paths. This collision expands reach by helping analysts, leagues, and teams provide otherwise unattainable insights, it expands the breadth of coverage by sourcing every game and player for sports with small audiences, and it fuels deeper sports content thanks to player tracking and motion capture.