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Sam Hinkie's Resignation Letter

A memo chock full of insights from Sam 'Trust the Process' Hinkie.

Profile of Arsène Wenger

In-depth profile and Q+A of Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger.

Weekend Reading: NBA Bubble, Digital Homesteads, and Amateurs vs. Professionals

Life in the NBA bubble, homesteading on Twitter, and what separates professionals and amateurs.

Pogačar's Climb

Tadej Pogačar's amazing time trial victory in the 2020 TdF.

Economics of the Tour de France

The Best of The Blue Train: 2001 L'Alpe d'Huez

The Move podcast look back at classic stages from the US Postal years.

Weekend Reading: MiLB, Naming Public Transit, and Soccer Playing Styles

Mapping MiLB, renaming transit stations, and how soccer players play.

Weekend Reading: Strasburg Tipping, RapiD, and TikTok Investigation

Stephen Strasburg tipping pitches, mapping with AI, and ByteDance under CFIUS investigation.

Weekend Reading: Baseball Graphics, the Mind Illuminated, and the Crucial Century

Comparing baseball broadcast graphics, a review of The Mind Illuminated, and thinking about the most likely sites for the Industrial Revolution.

Weekend Reading: Kipchoge's 2 Hours, Future Ballparks, and the World in Data

Kipchoge breaks 2 hours, designing future ballparks, and causes of death in the news.

Cairo to Cape Town on a Bike

Mark Beaumont's ride 6,700 miles across Africa.

THEMOVE Podcast for the Tour

THEMOVE podcast covers the Tour de France for 2019.

Tour de France

The first week of the Tour de France 2019.

Places: Col du Galibier

Featuring one of the mountain climbs of the Tour de France, the Alps epic Col du Galibier.

Success and Failure

Interesting move from Cleaning the Glass to shift from basketball writing to analytics data.

Weekend Reading: Rays on a Run, Apple's Pivot, and Mapping Grids

The Rays are on a tear through 2 months, Apple's Services business, and using Observable for mapping Voronoi polygons.

Conference Finals

Golden State/Portland and Milwaukee/Toronto in the 2018-19 conference finals.

Liverpool's Comeback

Liverpool staged an amazing comeback against Barcelona to head to the Champions League Final.

NBA Playoffs

“The 2019 NBA playoffs are underway.”

Petco Park

A visit to Petco Park to watch the Padres and Rockies.

Adam Silver at the MIT Sloan Conference

“Great interview with NBA commissioner Adam Silver on a wide range of basketball topics.”

Weekend Reading: Business Applications, Rays Prospects, and the Florida Panhandle

“Okta's business apps report, Rays upcoming prospect, and the damage from Hurricane Michael.”

Cycling: A Sport for Geographers

“A reminder of how great road cycling tours are for geographers.”

NBA Season at the Halfway Point

Quick update on NBA 2018-19 season.

The Ice Box

Sitting in the Ice Box for the Lightning game.

Bowling League

“Joining a bowling league in St. Pete.”

Fenway Park

A visit to Fenway Park late in the 2018 season.

Gary Neville on Mourinho

“Former United right back calls out the club for wanting to sack Mourinho.”

9 in a Row

An excellent start to the Arsenal 2018 campaign.

The Craft of Baseball

I just finished reading George Will's 'Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball', his 1989 book that dives deep on the strategy of the game. He sits down with 4 separate professional baseball men to analyze the sport and its component parts: managing with Tony La Russa, hitting with Tony Gwynn, fielding with Cal Ripken, Jr., and pitching with Orel Hershiser.

Robert Earnshaw

An unbeatable soccer record.