9 Best Articles in 2021
The New York Times
Meet the Money Whisperer to the Super-Rich N.B.A. Elite
The New York Times
~11 min read · 242 saves · 2019-06-07 · Who’s the guy Klay Thompson and other N.B.A. stars trust to manage their wealth? One who knows how to rebound with $8,000 stuffed into his underwear.
MIT Technology Review
Machine learning predicts World Cup winner
MIT Technology Review
8 min read · 228 saves · From 2018 · Researchers have predicted the outcome after simulating the entire soccer tournament 100,000 times.
Players' Tribune Football
I've Got Some Things to Say
Players' Tribune Football
~11 min read · 203 saves · From 2018 · People in football love to talk about mental strength. Well, I’m the strongest dude you’re ever going to meet.
M.G. Siegler
The Great Asshole Fallacy
M.G. Siegler
4 min read · 168 saves · 2020-05-16 · On Michael Jordan being a jerk to make the Bulls great…
wbur.org
My Dad's Friendship With Charles Barkley
wbur.org
9 min read · 140 saves · From 2018 · Shirley Wang's father, Lin, was on a business trip when he ran into NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley. It was the beginning of a friendship.
Engadget
These AI-generated tennis matches are both eerie and impressive
Engadget
2 min read · 103 saves · 2020-08-14 · An new AI allows us to answer the question of what it would look like if Roger Federer played himself.
The Guardian
World Cup 2018: complete guide to all 736 players
The Guardian
~11 min read · 101 saves · From 2018 · Profiles of all 736 players at the World Cup in Russia, including caps, goals, nicknames, hobbies and, once the tournament starts, ratings for every performance
ESPN
Why grandmasters like Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana lose weight playing chess
ESPN
8 min read · 86 saves · 2019-09-13 · You wouldn't think that chess players, who sit for hours on end and only extend their arms from time to time, would struggle with weight loss. But they do. Inside the very real, very bizarre metabolic…
The New York Times
How Data (and Some Breathtaking Soccer) Brought Liverpool to the Cusp of Glory
The New York Times
20+ min read · 85 saves · 2019-05-22 · The club is finishing a phenomenal season — thanks in part to an unrivaled reliance on analytics.
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FiveThirtyEight
Is Soccer Wrong About Long Shots?
FiveThirtyEight
4 min read · 32 saves · Apr 8th · Manchester City was in trouble. The team had dominated the Premier League by passing its way into perfect shooting positions, but if it couldn’t find a way to s…
ESPN
The crazy, mysterious history of sports' most enduring gesture
ESPN
~11 min read · 20 saves · Apr 5th · Back in 2011, ESPN The Magazine hunted for the true origins of the high five. The search for truth led to a sobering end.
sportico.com
NFL, Amazon Are Bringing Thousands of New Products to Retail Giant
sportico.com
2 min read · 15 saves · Mar 24th · The National Football League is partnering with Amazon to bring thousands of officially licensed products to the retail giant, a move that could transform the multibillion-dollar market for fan gea…
Mashable
The NFL's new multi-billion dollar TV deal prepares for the death of cable
Mashable
3 min read · 15 saves · Mar 21st · We'll be streaming all our games soon enough.
FiveThirtyEight
Why MLB Ditched Georgia
FiveThirtyEight
2 min read · 14 saves · Apr 6th · Hot Takedown surveys the NCAA Tournament results and previews the Masters before special guest Harry Enten joins to talk about baseball's All-Star Game.
sportico.com
Sports as a Service: How Ted Leonsis Built a Monumental Empire in D.C.
sportico.com
8 min read · 13 saves · Apr 2nd · When Ted Leonsis bought the Washington Capitals, along with a minority stake in the Wizards, in 1999, reporter after reporter marveled at the same trait: his ability to answer email. Yes, anyone co…
FiveThirtyEight
Soccer Is Learning To See The Whole Game
FiveThirtyEight
5 min read · 12 saves · Mar 17th · New approaches to data mean new ways to measure the sport.
The Washington Post
Perfect shots forever: 40 years of men’s NCAA tournament buzzer-beaters
The Washington Post
~12 min read · 11 saves · Mar 18th · Here are all the 37 game-winning buzzer-beaters — shots that ended with no time left on the clock — in the past 40 years of the NCAA tournament.
The Ringer
The New Baseball Still Seems Juiced
The Ringer
~12 min read · 10 saves · Mar 31st · MLB is debuting a ball this season that’s supposed to decrease the distance of deep fly balls and by extension, quite possibly the volume of home runs. Yet the data from spring training appear to tell…
Forbes
Sports Card Marketplace Dibbs Raises $2.8 Million As NFT Mania Hits Collectibles Industry
Forbes
4 min read · Mar 23rd · Dibbs, an app in beta, creates NFTs corresponding to sports cards and fractionalizes them, allowing users to buy or sell small stakes in collectibles that might otherwise be prohibitively expensive.…
