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SwimmingCarson Hoak Commits to Cincinnati 2027: Long Course and Short Course in One ReportIn July 2026, I sat in front of a screen tracking the results of USA Swimming...
EsportsAn 11-Year-Old Sweeps Puyo Puyo Group A at the Asian Games: Re-Reading Four Wins Through DataA Thursday morning in Nagoya. Inside the esports venue of the Asian Games, an...
EsportsThe Discipline of Esports Data: Lessons From an Empty AnalysisA nine-dimension esports analysis landed on my desk this week. It had every...
Martial ArtsClosed-Loop Sports Analysis: When the Input Data Is Empty, Every Conclusion Becomes ImpossibleIn professional sports media, every news item must follow one non-negotiable...
TennisThe Wrong Label: What a Sports Analysis That Could Never Be Published Teaches Us2:47 a.m. Melbourne time. The second monitor in the corner of my desk lit up ...
International FootballChivas Femenil lashes out at coach Antonio Contreras after controversy with reporterChivas Femenil's board has issued a direct reprimand to head coach Antonio...
VolleyballShriners Children's Showdown 2026: ACC Meets SEC, and the Real Battle Lies Beyond the LinesOn September 8 and 9, 2026, at the State Farm Field House inside the Walt...
TennisWhen the Analysis Is Empty: A Lesson in Honesty in SportsI have often sat in front of an empty screen. Not a broken screen, but a spor...
Table TennisTable Tennis England's Quiet Revolution: Every Child-Facing Role Needs a DBS Check from September 1, 2026At 18:00 on September 29, 2026, hundreds of table tennis clubs in England wil...
EsportsThe Nine Lenses of an Esports Analyst: When Correct Data Still Leads to the Wrong ConclusionThree in the morning in Surabaya, and I stop at the twenty-fourth minute of a...
International FootballTiger Cup 2026: The Night at Hang Day and the Distance of One GoalOn the night of September 5, 2026, at Hang Day Stadium, there was a moment I...
International FootballDugarry on Mbappé: An Opinion Dressed as News, and Two Facts I Could Not VerifyOn RMC's airwaves, Christophe Dugarry — a 2026 World Cup winner — said...
International FootballSantos Laguna, Puebla and the Lesson from 'Color Esperanza': When Social Media Becomes Liga MX's Second FrontIn early August 2026, Santos Laguna's social media account posted a short...
International FootballNico Paz and the 'Messi heir' trap after Argentina's 4-0 win over BoliviaBuenos Aires, after the final whistle. Argentina had just crushed Bolivia 4-0...
VolleyballFifteen Points and a Neutralised Net: The Data Map of the 2026 AVP League Championship NightChicago, one evening in September 2026. Oak Street Beach was full, the AVP...
EsportsRiot Games Reworks Mel's W: From Reflect to Ally SupportMel, the champion Riot Games called "the most frustrating to play against", h...
International FootballSixteen Information Points, Not One of Them Football: When a Mis-Filed Story Passes Through the Sports DeskThe file landed on the desk at 23:40, tagged "football." I opened it, read al...
ChessEuropean Club Cup 2026 in Budva: Bayegan Pendik's 2715 Elo and the 115-Point Gap the Standings Do Not ShowOn the morning of October 19, 2026, in the playing hall in Budva, the...
VolleyballPenn State Drops Out of the Power 10: One Loss, One Diagnostic Label and an Empty Box ScoreOn September 21, Penn State lost 3-1 to Tennessee. Four days later, the Week ...
BasketballThe 50 Million Pound Rumor Storm and the Lesson of Verification: A Veteran Insider's View from SydneyI sold the 50 million pound dream. When I woke up, I was the buyer. The story...
