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GolfBump-and-run or chip: rereading a 30-shot experiment before changing your bagThree amateur golfers stand about 10 yards from the hole. Each hits 10 shots:...
SwimmingWhen Data Falls Silent: Lessons from an Empty AnalysisI sat in front of the screen, reopening the report file the analytics team ha...
BasketballLA Clippers lose 5 first-round picks, fined $30M and Steve Ballmer banned 1 year: The most expensive bill in NBA historyA number does not lie, but the one who chooses the number might. And today, t...
BasketballMitoglou nearly ties personal record in first half vs Spain – Don't call it a turning point yetAt OAKA Arena, with the green stands of Panathinaikos behind him, Dinos...
International FootballBayern 6-1 Leipzig: The Clock Behind the ScorelineAt the 69th minute, the scoreboard already read 6-1. In the press box, I adde...
EsportsWhen the Analysis Is Empty: Lessons in Data Discipline for Esports JournalismOn a Tuesday afternoon, I opened the Stage-2 analysis table for an esports...
EsportsEsports is not dying: The reallocation of money and the survival of organizationsThe global esports industry is undergoing an unprecedented period of flux. Fr...
BadmintonAsian Games 2026: Rankireddy and Shetty Fall in Round One, and Why the Score Curve Is the Only Witness Worth ReadingOn 25 September 2026, at the Ichinomiya City Municipal Gymnasium in Aichi...
EsportsAn Empty Pipeline in the Middle of Transfer Season: Esports Must Relearn How to Say 'Not Enough Data'Hook 2:47 AM in Munich. A pale blue line appears on the second monitor:...
SwimmingNine Layers of a Swimming Lane: When Water Becomes DataIn lane four, the women's 100-meter freestyle final is decided in less time...
SwimmingTomonobu Gomi Breaks Asian 100m Butterfly Short-Course Record in 48.58In lane 4 of the men's 100m butterfly final at the 2026 Japanese Short Course...
TennisWrexham W100: When the Loudest Victory Lies in Charaeva's DefeatDay two at the Lexus Wrexham Open closed with a scoreboard that looked entire...
Chess743 Episodes and a Game Without a Result: What ChessBase Teaches the Chess World About PatienceEpisode 743. A game between two names, Gaal and Smeets. Across everything...
BadmintonThe 2,500-Minute Line: How a Big Tournament Season Compresses a Player's Body Into an EquationMinute 71, Tokyo, July 2026. I sat in front of a screen in a small apartment ...
TennisSvitolina Ends Marriage to Monfils: October 5, the Paris Masters and the Cost of Unverified DataOn a Monday night in Melbourne, I was rebuilding a talk-show rundown when my...
ChessChess Engines Enter the Training Room: Fritz and the 2026 Training RevolutionOn the night of November 5, 2026, in Belgrade, the final game of the...
BasketballThe Empty Spreadsheet: NBA Trade Season and the Economy of Sourceless RumorsLast July, before going to sleep, I opened a spreadsheet. My job is to read...
International FootballThe Deciding Angle: Piovi, Paulinho and the Gap VAR Never SawThe Deciding Angle: Piovi, Paulinho and the Gap VAR Never Saw Hook In the...
Domestic FootballFour Forwards Scoring: Where Does the Good News for Kim Sang Sik Actually Come From?In round 4, four forwards — domestic and foreign — all found the net. That is...
VolleyballIndia Beat New Zealand in Fukuoka, but Their Quarterfinal Ticket Rests in the Hands of Oman and BahrainIn Fukuoka, Japan, India's men's volleyball team finally got what they had be...
