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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Soccer
Nobody wants to defend a lead any more
Eleven of the last fourteen leads at half time were surrendered. That is not variance.
Interviews
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.
Long reads
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.
Investigations
The offshore letterbox
A brass plate, a serviced office and eleven companies that own each other in a circle.