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TennisFeeling It Again: Townsend Overcomes Shnaider to Reach US Open Fourth Round for Second Straight YearNew York, a year after becoming the darling of the first week at Flushing...
TennisNo. 3 Jessica Pegula rallies from slow start to reach US Open fourth roundNew York, a September afternoon at Flushing Meadows. Arthur Ashe Stadium was...
TennisSabalenka and Three Rounds at the US Open: When Victory Doesn't Tell the Whole StoryNew York, a late August evening. Arthur Ashe Stadium is no foreign place for...
TennisSabalenka Beats Rakhimova in US Open Third Round, Aiming for Three-PeatSabalenka has advanced past Rakhimova in the US Open third round after a...
TennisUS Open Day Three: Pegula's Blitz, Medvedev's Steadiness, and the Big Question About Alcaraz's WristArthur Ashe Stadium at 11 PM had no more cheers. Jessica Pegula's match had...
TennisUS Open 2026: Where Sabalenka Chases History, Alcaraz Waits, and Sinner's Silence EchoesNew York, late August. I sit before my screen, three monitors open at once, b...
TennisOsaka and the Iverson Tribute: When Tennis Wears Basketball in New YorkOn the opening night of the US Open at Arthur Ashe Stadium, Naomi Osaka walke...
BadmintonThe Path of a Silver Medal: India and the Japan Draw at the 2026 Asian GamesI still keep the page of notes from Hangzhou, October 2026. The page holds a...
AthleticsWhen Data Has No Name: Lessons from an Empty Athletics AnalysisI once sat in a press room in Boston and watched a colleague open a statistic...
International FootballMile Svilar, the one-way door in Debrecen, and a warning for Nicolo TresoldiA Wednesday evening, 1 September 2026, in the Hungarian city of Debrecen....
International FootballLoan with Obligation to Buy: The Financial Trap Shaping the 2026 Transfer WindowIn the summer of 2026, as European clubs entered the final stretch of the...
Table TennisFour Days in North Macedonia: When China Exports a Table Tennis System, Not SecretsFrom 7 to 10 September, in a training hall in North Macedonia, a group of...
EsportsWhen Esports Data Goes Silent: Nine Verification Dimensions and the Trap of Hasty ConclusionsDuring a script meeting for a documentary series about a winter esports...
International FootballLivakovic and Barcelona: When an Agent Draws a Roadmap the Club Never ConfirmedAndy Bara sat in the studio of the Inkubator podcast, and instead of talking...
BadmintonAshmita Chaliha and the Voice from Indonesia: When Badminton Looks at ItselfAshmita Chaliha and the Voice from Indonesia: When Badminton Looks at Itself...
VolleyballAsiad 20 Women's Volleyball Final: Japan's 48-Year Wait, China Arrives After Five SetsThe clock on the electronic board stopped at 1 hour 24 minutes. Japan had...
International FootballGöztepe: From Steel Defense to Leaky Net - The Defensive Puzzle Haunting the Yellow-RedSamsunspor, Gençlerbirliği, Galatasaray. Three opponents, three different...
VolleyballJapan and Iran Stay Unbeaten at AVC 2026, Chinese Taipei Break Through: Reading the Pool-Play Data of the Asian Men's Volleyball ChampionshipIn Japan's pool-play match against Australia at the 2026 Asian Men's Volleyba...
ChessChess Olympiad 2026: India Brings 'Steel Squad' to Samarkand, Gukesh and Sindarov Create a Double NarrativeWhen the schedule for the 46th Chess Olympiad was announced, I didn't read it...
International FootballSeven Games Without a Win and the Crack Beyond the TouchlineIn the 84th minute, with the scoreboard reading 1-4, a man in the Stretford E...
TennisNo. 3 Jessica Pegula rallies from slow start to reach US Open fourth roundNew York, a September afternoon at Flushing Meadows. Arthur Ashe Stadium was...
TennisSabalenka and Three Rounds at the US Open: When Victory Doesn't Tell the Whole StoryNew York, a late August evening. Arthur Ashe Stadium is no foreign place for...
TennisSabalenka Beats Rakhimova in US Open Third Round, Aiming for Three-PeatSabalenka has advanced past Rakhimova in the US Open third round after a...
TennisUS Open Day Three: Pegula's Blitz, Medvedev's Steadiness, and the Big Question About Alcaraz's WristArthur Ashe Stadium at 11 PM had no more cheers. Jessica Pegula's match had...
TennisUS Open 2026: Where Sabalenka Chases History, Alcaraz Waits, and Sinner's Silence EchoesNew York, late August. I sit before my screen, three monitors open at once, b...
TennisOsaka and the Iverson Tribute: When Tennis Wears Basketball in New YorkOn the opening night of the US Open at Arthur Ashe Stadium, Naomi Osaka walke...
BadmintonThe Path of a Silver Medal: India and the Japan Draw at the 2026 Asian GamesI still keep the page of notes from Hangzhou, October 2026. The page holds a...
AthleticsWhen Data Has No Name: Lessons from an Empty Athletics AnalysisI once sat in a press room in Boston and watched a colleague open a statistic...
International FootballMile Svilar, the one-way door in Debrecen, and a warning for Nicolo TresoldiA Wednesday evening, 1 September 2026, in the Hungarian city of Debrecen....
International FootballLoan with Obligation to Buy: The Financial Trap Shaping the 2026 Transfer WindowIn the summer of 2026, as European clubs entered the final stretch of the...
Table TennisFour Days in North Macedonia: When China Exports a Table Tennis System, Not SecretsFrom 7 to 10 September, in a training hall in North Macedonia, a group of...
EsportsWhen Esports Data Goes Silent: Nine Verification Dimensions and the Trap of Hasty ConclusionsDuring a script meeting for a documentary series about a winter esports...
International FootballLivakovic and Barcelona: When an Agent Draws a Roadmap the Club Never ConfirmedAndy Bara sat in the studio of the Inkubator podcast, and instead of talking...
BadmintonAshmita Chaliha and the Voice from Indonesia: When Badminton Looks at ItselfAshmita Chaliha and the Voice from Indonesia: When Badminton Looks at Itself...
VolleyballAsiad 20 Women's Volleyball Final: Japan's 48-Year Wait, China Arrives After Five SetsThe clock on the electronic board stopped at 1 hour 24 minutes. Japan had...
International FootballGöztepe: From Steel Defense to Leaky Net - The Defensive Puzzle Haunting the Yellow-RedSamsunspor, Gençlerbirliği, Galatasaray. Three opponents, three different...
VolleyballJapan and Iran Stay Unbeaten at AVC 2026, Chinese Taipei Break Through: Reading the Pool-Play Data of the Asian Men's Volleyball ChampionshipIn Japan's pool-play match against Australia at the 2026 Asian Men's Volleyba...
ChessChess Olympiad 2026: India Brings 'Steel Squad' to Samarkand, Gukesh and Sindarov Create a Double NarrativeWhen the schedule for the 46th Chess Olympiad was announced, I didn't read it...
International FootballSeven Games Without a Win and the Crack Beyond the TouchlineIn the 84th minute, with the scoreboard reading 1-4, a man in the Stretford E...
