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A collection of 379 issues

Loading Odds of Primacy-Recency Choice

I've noted a fair amount of PR across the airwaves of a sporting confessional. The Not-So Secret Football Agent spills buckets of beans from behind-the-scenes shenanigans of a now past Wild West era. Anecdotes galore flow from former player turned dealmaker Barry Silkman. One catching my ear, involved a common

Team-mate Compatibility Check

Apparently only half of new hires work out. Sound true? This finding isn't from the business world though. It's from football. Coming I believe, from Portuguese researchers. As referenced by author of a book with the resoundingly baiting title, How to Win the Premier League. Could it be from Sales

High Performance Tennis Vibe

The tennis world is fascinated by the seemingly left-field combo of Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray. The former raging against the twilight of time (& amazing crop of generational youngsters), appointing the recently succumbed to that very Winter three-time Grand Slam title champion latter, as coach in his quest for one

Sales Lessons From World Champ Wonderkid Luke The Nuke

Awesome. A 17-year-old lad becomes Darts World Champion. It's one of those strange pursuits, the 'arrers. At once both fringe yet mainstream. A game that everyone can, and probably has, tried. Where the live audience, whether serenading their crowd favourite more, raucously cheer for both players; ♫ stand up if you

Elite Football Probability Added Data Edge

The rise of the data geeks has seen sports worldwide chasing the best number crunchers. For instance, I've blogged before on altmetrics [2019], an Indian statsdog [2013] and more cricmetrics [2010]. There's many a health warning. One sample jibe; 'the guy in Moneyball won nothing'. Yet in football the clamour

Aussie Vet Rugby Coach Re-Energising Tricks

The biggest club in English rugby union is Leicester. Their star lately waning. Until Michael Cheika, former international coach from Australia and plenty besides, agreed to lead a one-year turnaround. Halfway through, sitting third in the league, upward trajectory feels firmly re-established. Their England scrum-half Ben Youngs tells [sub'n req'd]

Absurdist Morally Corrupt Zoomscapes

Gianni Infantino's FIFA Who cares about votes when you can just applaud World Cup hosts?🤪 pic.twitter.com/uf7AbjKfpU — DW Sports (@dw_sports) December 12, 2024 Maybe it's because I'm not part of the global Davos elite. I've seen a total absence of any praise whatsoever for this week's rubber

Pace Blueprint

Not just one for cricket lovers. Although fast-bowling enthusiasts will doubtless lap this up. After stumbling in India and Pakistan, the English cricket Test setup has gone through a minor rebuild these past twelve months. All the more important given the next away Ashes is only a year away. With

12-Minute Baller Chunks Tops

There's many a stipulation over max timeslots before our buyers' (or colleagues') attention evaporates. Durations beyond which you must not stray when performing certain tasks. Showing a particular slide. Speaking on video without letting other participants do something themselves. Snappy video call lengths. Each shorter than you'd imagine. With a

Operation Mincemeat-ing Opposition Minds

An avid reader in my early school years, I lapped up The Man Who Never Was. Also made into a terrific film, it tells the story WW2's daring Operation Mincemeat. How the Brits sought to distract the enemy through the sleight of doc of 'top secret' yet false landing plans