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16-0 and Still Cut: When a Winning Streak Can't Pay the BillsFarid Basharat left the UFC on Thursday with a perfect record: 16-0 overall,...
Undefeated at 16-0 and Still Without a New Deal: What Does the UFC Actually Pay For?In July, before stepping into the Octagon, Farid Basharat did something very...
Félix Lebrun's 4-0, and What the Scoreboard Leaves OutI rewatched the men's singles quarterfinal tape from Ljubljana and paused it ...
Levante vs Barcelona: Where Is the Fracture Line Beneath the Promise of a 'Show of Strength'?In the 71st minute of Levante's 5-2 win over Betis, I rewound the tape and...
The Anatomy of Transfer Rumors: Who's Telling the Story, and Why?The storm of rumors passes; only verified numbers remain. I have lived by tha...
Four Days in Skopje: Zhang Yining and How Chinese Table Tennis Exports an Entire SystemOn September 7, inside the training hall of the Table Tennis Association of...
Barcelona's spending limit rises €150m, but the €250m gap to Real Madrid remains openThere is one number I pinned to the wall of my Nha Trang office for two weeks...
Transfer Window: When a Data Gap Gets Read as Good NewsOn the evening of 9 January, I reopened my transfer tracking sheet. Nine...
Empty Data: When Esports Faces a News Crisis and How a Data Journalist Handles ItEmpty Data: When Esports Faces a News Crisis and How a Data Journalist Handle...
Hanoi Tasco Auto reach the semifinals: seven straight wins to open, and seven matches nobody talks aboutSet five, 14-13 for Hanoi Tasco Auto, October 14, against Binh Chung Thong Ti...
Paxon Ruffin debuts for Rayados at 16: minute 77 and the ledger of the regla de menoresMinute 77 and the ledger Minute 77. The fourth official's board lit up, two r...
Data Gaps on the Swimming Lane: The Line Between Analysis and FabricationOn the third night of Australia's national swimming championships, I sat in r...
Six Sports Under One Name: The Biggest Trap in Billiards AnalysisOn a Tuesday night in a billiards club on Renshaw Street, Liverpool, a...
India Women's Badminton Exit at Asian Games: When a Star Fades and the Lesson of Roster DepthThe match ended with a 1-3 scoreline favoring Japan, but that number conceals...
Chelsea 5-1 Bournemouth: The First 65 Seconds and Xabi Alonso's Fast-Start EquationSixty-five seconds. That was all the time Chelsea needed to break Bournemouth...
19 Fateful Minutes: Satwik-Chirag and the Shock of Losing Themselves at Asian Games 2026On the afternoon of Friday, September 25, 2026, at the arena in Aichi-Nagoya,...
Vietnam Women's Volleyball Exits Asian Games Quarterfinals: The 0-3 Loss to China and the Data VoidI sat in front of the screen at midnight in Shanghai, reading and rereading a...
Clutch Chess, Lilov's Six Videos, and the Break Between Headline and DataA headline on a chess news site: Clutch Chess, Saint Louis, four names —...
The LCK Transfer Window: Data Is the Only Filter Through the Storm of Rumors11 p.m. in Incheon, I sit in front of two monitors. On one side, the LCK...
Bryant University Seeks Volunteer Assistant Diving Coach: A Posting That Says Nothing About Performance, But Everything About Budget StructureA job posting for a volunteer assistant diving coach at Bryant University loo...
