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De Laurentiis, Maradona and a Napoli Blueprint With No Room for NostalgiaOPENING: ONE NIGHT IN ROME, AND ONE LINE THAT SPLIT A CITY At the Foreign Pre...
Liga MX Femenil Round 6: America's attacking fire and Tigres' iron wallAs Round 6 of the Liga MX Femenil Apertura 2026 came to a close, the standing...
An Se-young and Her Second Straight Asian Games Crown: The Data Gaps Behind the GoldAICHI-NAGOYA ARENA, the evening of September 29. The stands tilted heavily to...
Visa VMC Fall 2026 Raises Prize Pool to 500 Million VND, but the MCT SEA Slot Is the Real RewardIn the file I keep from the first season, there is a marginal note on the 202...
The Blank Page and the Empty Seat: Sports Journalism in the Age of Data FloodLast week a young colleague sent me a four-page analysis of a V-League match,...
China brings record height duo to Women's World Cup: Zhang Ziyu and Han Xu will change the gameAt the FIBA Women's World Cup, the Chinese women's basketball team is drawing...
Estonia stun hosts Finland 3-2 in Tampere, wrecking Finland's bid for a share of the Pool C crown at the 2026 European Men's Volleyball ChampionshipEstonia stun hosts Finland 3-2 at Nokia Arena: a shock that closes out Pool C...
Vietnamese Poomsae at Chuncheon: When Gold Medals Don't Come From Individual EventsI spent three days rewatching the footage of Vietnam's poomsae routines from...
Inter Miami 1-1 Chicago Fire: De Paul Counts Trophies, and the Cracks in MLS's Star ModelMinute 89 at Soldier Field. The ball goes out, the referee stops play, and th...
Elephant Gambit: 60 Minutes to Buy a Shock, Paid For With a PawnShanghai, a Wednesday. Third floor of a chess club in Jing'an, the window ope...
The Empty Row in Golf's Data SheetThe printer in the press room rattled at eleven at night, spitting out a...
There Is No Reason Lamine Yamal Will Not Win the 2026 Ballon d'Or!When Raphinha spoke, the entire press room seemed to hold its breath. The...
The mystery behind the winning streak of the basketball team: What truth hides behind the statisticsI found it in a spreadsheet that nobody looked at. It was a November morning...
Empty-Handed at the Keyboard: When Esports Is Not Allowed to GuessSeoul at Night, and a Dossier That Came Back Empty Seoul, 2:47 a.m. On the...
Tanvi Patri wins the 2026 Badminton Asia U17 title: the hinge sits in the deciding gamesOn the electronic scoreboard at the arena in Chengdu, the third game of the U...
DHS Names a British Club: Reading the Signals from the 2026/27 BCL Table Tennis OpenerOn 26 September 2026, the first round of the Senior British Clubs League (BCL...
Thailand Wins 2026 Asian Championship: A Miracle of Patience and TacticsAt the 2026 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship, Thailand made history. Not...
Release Clauses and the Salary Cap: The Real Story Behind the Name RulerThere are nights when I call out the name of a match, and the stadium only...
Republic of Ireland and the Israel Fixture: A Dressing-Room Vote That Set a PrecedentLast Sunday, the Republic of Ireland beat Israel 3-0 at a neutral venue in...
Alex Eala chooses Asian Games over China Open: points, fines, and national standing### Hook Nagoya, Japan. Alex Eala was not in Beijing. Instead, she opened her...
