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- Sam Hinkie's Resignation Letter
This resignation letter from former Philadephia 76ers GM Sam Hinkie is full of gems. Here are a couple. On contrarianism in a short-sighted league when you're always under the microscope: To develop truly contrarian vā¦
- Profile of ArsĆØne Wenger
The Guardian's extensive profile and Q&A with ArsĆØne Wenger, legendary Arsenal manager. āArsenal had a style of play that was criticised, but there was a style of play,ā he says. āI can understand that people want onlā¦
- Weekend Reading: NBA Bubble, Digital Homesteads, and Amateurs vs. Professionals
š What I Learned Inside the NBA Bubble A good piece giving an inside look of what life is like for a journalist inside the bubble. I've missed most of the playoffs this year during this strange time for sports. It'sā¦
- PogaÄar's Climb
You don't have to be an avid cycling fan to be impressed with Tadej PogaÄar's incredible time trial on stage 20 of this year's Tour de France. He bested the 2nd and 3rd place riders by a full minute, 1:21 better thanā¦
- Economics of the Tour de France
The Tour is on its second rest day, 15 stages into a brutal 3 weeks of hills, mountains, and even challenging "easy days." I've followed the sport pretty closely over the past 6 years, but not too far into the businesā¦
- The Best of The Blue Train: 2001 L'Alpe d'Huez
With this year's Tour de France delayed (as of now, til late August), the guys from The Move have been going over some of the best stages from the US Postal years. It's a cool format, sort of like a commentary track oā¦
- Weekend Reading: MiLB, Naming Public Transit, and Soccer Playing Styles
ā¾ Mapping the New MiLB Landscape Combining baseball and maps? Sign me up. The MLB has a plan to āimproveā the MiLB system costs, standards, compensation, and other things through shuttering 42 ball clubs around the coā¦
- Weekend Reading: Strasburg Tipping, RapiD, and TikTok Investigation
ā¾ļø How the Nationals Fixed Stephen Strasburg and Saved Their Season Strasburg tipping his pitches almost ended the Natsā run: He remembered the game Strasburg pitched in Arizona on August 3. The Diamondbacks pounded Sā¦
- Weekend Reading: Baseball Graphics, the Mind Illuminated, and the Crucial Century
ā¾ļø How Many Outs? Baseball Graphics Compared Some top-notch baseball geekery, with Jason Snell comparing the graphics overlays from Fox, MLB Network, and ESPNās telecasts. Iāve thought about this, too, but have to givā¦
- Weekend Reading: Kipchoge's 2 Hours, Future Ballparks, and the World in Data
šš¾āāļø Eliud Kipchoge Breaks 2-Hour Marathon Barrier An amazing feat: On a misty Saturday morning in Vienna, on a course specially chosen for speed, in an athletic spectacle of historic proportions, Eliud Kipchoge ofā¦
- Cairo to Cape Town on a Bike
Endurance cyclist Mark Beaumont is best known for his "around the world in 80 days" ride starting in Paris and crossing 3 continents in 78 days, putting him in the Guinness Book for the accomplishment. A few years bacā¦
- THEMOVE Podcast for the Tour
Lance Armstrong's been doing THEMOVE podcast on the Tour for 3 years now, the first being the 2017 Tour when I spent so much time watching both the Tour itself and the podcast (then known as STAGES). On the show theyā¦
- Tour de France
The Tour de France is on right now, reaching the first rest day after a wild first 10 stages of racing. Julian Alaphilippe (a Frenchman) is in the yellow jersey, who's one of the great opportunists in the field, withā¦
- Places: Col du Galibier
The mountain stages of the Tour de France are some of my favorite events in sports. This edition of Places features a tribute to this year's 18th stage, and one of my favorite climbs of the Alps: the Col du Galibier,ā¦
- Success and Failure
I've been a subscriber to Ben Falk's excellent Cleaning the Glass blog for well over a year now. He's a former front office analyst for the Sixers and Blazers that started this site with deep analyses on all aspects oā¦
- Weekend Reading: Rays on a Run, Apple's Pivot, and Mapping Grids
ā¾ļø The Rays are a Surrealist's Delight Love to see the Rays getting some deserved attention in the mainstream sports media. They've put together a great, diverse lineup of consistent hitters that have performed well aā¦
- Conference Finals
The conference finals are set ā Golden State and Portland in the west, Milwaukee and Toronto in the east. A great couple of matchups both likely to go deep. At halftime right now in Oakland, Portland's keeping it closā¦
- Liverpool's Comeback
I didn't get to watch the match live yesterday, but Liverpool's 4-0 trouncing of Barcelona at Anfield in the second leg of the Champions League semi might be the biggest (most improbable) win I've seen. Goals from Oriā¦
- NBA Playoffs
This post is a bit late since the playoffs started last Sunday. This is the best time of year for sports where youāve got the NBA in the postseason, MLB in full swing, Stanley Cup, PGA majors, and the final stretchesā¦
- Petco Park
We had the chance on Monday night to go to the Padres game with a small group. Whenever the home team of a baseball city is in town, itās a must-do for me to try and catch a game and check out the scene and the stadiuā¦
- Adam Silver at the MIT Sloan Conference
A fantastic one-on-one conversation between NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and Bill Simmons from the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference: Adam Silver is one of the most thoughtful, enthusiastic, and interesting guys iā¦
- Weekend Reading: Business Applications, Rays Prospects, and the Florida Panhandle
šØš½āš» Okta Businesses @ Work 2019 Interesting data here in Oktaās annual report. Itās clear that the way customerās buy SaaS is very different than the āsingle-vendorā purchasing preferences from years past. SaaS alā¦
- Cycling: A Sport for Geographers
The UCI World Tour season kicks off this week with the Tour Down Under. I started following pro cycling closely about 5 years ago, but since itās fairly hard to get access to on broadcasts, I only get to watch a handfā¦
- NBA Season at the Halfway Point
We're right at the middle of the season, and this one's been an exciting one so far. A couple teams at the top expected, a few others blew up out of nowhere. The Bucks in the east, Nuggets in the west, PG carrying OKCā¦
- The Ice Box
I'm not a huge follower of hockey anymore, but it's one of the most exciting sports you can watch live. I got a chance last week through work to sit in the "Ice Box" at Amalie Arena for the Lightning vs. Sabres game.ā¦
- Bowling League
A few months back we joined a bowling league here in St. Pete. Our four-person crew consists of me, Colette, Zac, and Cookie. We're now in our second season playing with the same set of teams. It's fun and as far as oā¦
- Fenway Park
A few weeks back I had an opportunity to catch a game at Fenway Park for the first time. Thatās definitely a bucket list item checked off. Tim got tickets last minute, some great seats down past the bend on the thirdā¦
- Gary Neville on Mourinho
Gary Nevilleās thoughts on the rumors of a Jose Mourinho firing: The Premier Leagueās fickleness with management is astonishing. It would be unbelievable to see the same level of volatility and shortsightedness in othā¦
- 9 in a Row
The Premier League season is now a couple of months in, and the usual suspects are top of the table ā City, Liverpool, Chelsea. What I didnāt expect was Arsenal in the top four, especially after losing the first two wā¦
- The Craft of Baseball
Iām a baseball fan from way back, and grew up as a Braves fan during the early years of their 1990s NL East dominance. As much as I always enjoyed following the sport as a casual fan, Iād never studied the game much,ā¦
- Robert Earnshaw
An unbreakable record: He is the only player to have scored a hat-trick in the English Premier League, Championship, League One, League Two (or the divisions under their previous names), the League Cup, the FA Cup andā¦