Soccer
WC Semifinal Postmortem: The Tactical Tweak That Beat a Better Roster
The World Cup semifinals concluded this week, and the postmortem coverage will focus on the result. The analytically interesting story…
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NFL
NFL Camp Preview: Five Position Battles the Numbers Already Predict
NFL training camps open later this month, and the position-battle coverage is already churning. The analytically interesting question is which…
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Soccer
World Cup Semifinals Preview: The Possession-Value Edge That Decides It
By the World Cup semifinals, four teams remain and the tactical analysis has matured beyond xG into possession-value territory. xT…
WNBA
Half-Season WNBA Audit: All-Star Picks the Numbers Actually Support
The WNBA 2026 All-Star selections were announced this week, and the predictable gap opened between the fan vote and the…
Methods
The Big Bash Analytics Gap: Why Cricket Stats Lag Baseball by Twenty Years
Cricket analytics inside franchise departments is sophisticated. Public coverage is still in the 1970s. Why the gap exists and what cricket-curious readers should look...
Soccer
World Cup Quarterfinal Preview: The Eight Pressing Maps That Matter
The World Cup quarterfinals reduce the field to eight teams whose tactical identities have been refined across four matches each.…
Soccer
World Cup R16 Postmortem: When xG and Score Tell Different Stories
The World Cup Round of 16 concludes this week, narrowing the field from sixteen teams to eight. Several of those…
Soccer
The Socceroos +10 xG Mystery: What Australia Will and Wont Bring to Group D
Australia outscored its qualifying xG by 10 goals. Some is variance. Some is structural. The honest accounting of the Socceroos at the 2026 World...
NBA
NBA Draft Night 2026: Live Analytics Reaction to the Top 14 Picks
NBA Draft Night 2026 in Brooklyn produces the year’s most concentrated analytical conversation about projected NBA talent. The lottery picks…
NBA
Pre-Draft Numbers: The Case Against AJ Dybantsa #1 (and Why It’s Wrong)
The 2026 NBA Draft is days away, and AJ Dybantsa has been the projected No. 1 pick for most of…
NBA
NBA Finals Postmortem: What the Champion’s Lineup Data Reveals
The 2026 NBA Finals concluded this week with the champion lifting the trophy and the analytical community immediately turning to…
Soccer
Canadas Maplepress in Numbers: How Marschs 4-4-2 Holds at the 2026 World Cup
Jesse Marschs Maplepress is the most legible tactical identity Canada has had at a World Cup. The numbers, the seams, and the Davies dependency.