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Tomas Nowak on the model, and the four defeats that break it
Every club says they trust the model. Then they lose four in a row and buy…
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What we talk about when we talk about a “big club”
Trophies, turnover, or the number of people who would notice if you vanished.
Profiles
The scout who watches 340 matches a season, alone
He has not been to a match with anyone he knows since 2019. He would not…
History
Six days in the capital with a team nobody rated
A hotel with no hot water, a squad of nineteen, and the week that made a…
Essays
Sport has a memory problem, and the archives are being deleted
The tapes are decaying, the rights are contested, and nobody is paid to care.
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Sofia Lindqvist on eleven months of a body built for eight
The tour asks for eleven months of a body that was built for eight.
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Sport science: sleep, shoes and the one percents
The marginal gains industry sold a story. Here is what the data actually supports.
Investigations
What the league knew, and when
The compliance file, the two emails that were never answered, and a test that was passed…
History
The night the away end sang for ninety minutes
Two thousand travelling supporters, a 4-0 defeat, and the recording that still circulates.
History
When the marathon was run at 6am
Heat, television and the morning a city woke up to watch a race already half over.