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Engadget
These AI-generated tennis matches are both eerie and impressive
Engadget
2 min read · 2020-08-14 · An new AI allows us to answer the question of what it would look like if Roger Federer played himself.
ESPN
Why grandmasters like Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana lose weight playing chess
ESPN
8 min read · From 2019 · 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 Guardian
World Cup 2018: complete guide to all 736 players
The Guardian
~11 min read · 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
The New York Times
How Data (and Some Breathtaking Soccer) Brought Liverpool to the Cusp of Glory
The New York Times
20+ min read · From 2019 · The club is finishing a phenomenal season — thanks in part to an unrivaled reliance on analytics.
The New York Times
How Speed and Distance Dictate How Olympians Run
The New York Times
5 min read · Jul 30th · We invited three elite runners to run on the world’s fastest treadmill to examine the differences between running fast and running far (but still pretty fast).
Anne Helen Petersen
Against Kids' Sports
Anne Helen Petersen
~12 min read · Sep 12th · This is the weekend edition of Culture Study — the newsletter from Anne Helen Petersen, which you can read about here. If you like it and want more like it in your inbox, consider subscribing. When I…
Vox
NFTs, the digital bits of anything that sell for millions of dollars, explained
Vox
8 min read · Mar 4th · Artists, influencers, and the NBA are making millions from non-fungible tokens.
FiveThirtyEight
Every Olympic ‘Sport,’ In One Chart
FiveThirtyEight
3 min read · Jul 22nd · The Olympics are an international celebration of sport, but not all sports are invited to the cool kids’ table. The first modern Olympics in 1896 had only a han…
The New York Times
The Erasure of Mesut Özil
The New York Times
8 min read · 2020-10-26 · A year ago, he was one of the Premier League’s highest-paid players. Now, after angering China and refusing a pay cut, he has simply vanished.
WIRED UK
Football was slow to embrace data. Now AI is eating the beautiful game
WIRED UK
4 min read · 2020-06-17 · Acronis is storing the data of the best and brightest of European football. Now, it wants to use that to help them win games
TED Talks
Why specializing early doesn't always mean career success
TED Talks
2020-09-01 · A head start doesn't always ... well, help you get ahead. With examples from sports, technology and economics, journalist David Epstein shares how specializing in a particular skill too early in life may undermine your long-term development -- and explains the benefits of a "sampling period" where you try new things and focus on building a range of skills. Learn how this broader, counterintuitive mindset (and more forgiving timeline) could lead to a more fulfilling life, personally and professionally.
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