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The New York Times
The Erasure of Mesut Özil
The New York Times
8 min read · 79 saves · Oct 26th · 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
3 min read · 78 saves · Jun 17th · 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
71 saves · Sep 1st · 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.
Forbes
Revolutionizing Sports With Augmented Reality
Forbes
4 min read · 52 saves · 2019-10-26 · The use of augmented reality in sports is bringing about significant changes in the way people consume and enjoy sporting events. It also provides valuable insights to professional players and coaches…
MIT Technology Review
Network science reveals the secrets of the world’s best soccer team
MIT Technology Review
4 min read · 52 saves · 2019-10-04 · A new kind of analysis shows why the Barcelona team of 2009-10 stands head and shoulders above the rest. And the same approach could do the same for other sports.
ESPN
From Michael Jordan to LeBron James, how the NBA became a powerful political organization
ESPN
6 min read · 50 saves · Aug 31st · After so many years of sitting on the sideline, NBA players have taken the lead in fighting for Black rights. ESPN's Dan Le Batard looks at how the league of Stern and Jordan became the league of…
Elemental
The Do’s and Don’ts of Drinking After Exercise
Elemental
7 min read · 43 saves · Aug 5th · Christie Aschwanden · Sports beers are all the rage, but does downing a post-workout brew help or hurt?
The Ringer
The Two Sides of Diego Maradona
The Ringer
42 saves · 2019-10-01 · The lifelong story of Maradona is that the more broken and ugly something is when it enters his sphere of influence, the more beautiful and joyous that thing tends to become. The opposite is also very…
The Ringer
Deadspin and the Mavening of Sportswriting
The Ringer
3 min read · 41 saves · 2019-10-31 · Staffers of the longtime sports blog resigned this week after a dispute with management. Like so many other publications, the future will bring an undead version of the site.
ESPN
'It's the dirty little secret that everybody knows about'
ESPN
~15 min read · 41 saves · 2019-10-14 · It's the NBA's silent scourge, a pox on the bodies and minds of players. This two-year investigation reveals the dangers of chronic sleep loss in the NBA -- and why one athletic specialist is finally…
VICE
Simone Biles Would Like to Thank Herself
VICE
20+ min read · 40 saves · Aug 3rd · The greatest gymnast of all time has nothing left to prove; that doesn't mean she has nothing left to accomplish.
