Off to Boston, and #SSAC16
Leicester City, a once in a generation spark
Small fry in the Premier League but they're becoming bigger in the overall footballing pieSports awards and the Ballon d’Or
And the importance of an open ballot, something FIFA actually gets right.The 2014 Sports Analytics Innovation Summit: London
I Am The Secret Footballer: 42 years too late?
The Fourteen Minutes
Also published at ExtraTime.ie: http://extratime.ie/newsdesk/articles/6956/
As Tuesday’s crowd left the Aviva stadium and went on into the night, the atmosphere was that of having seen a job well done. Ireland 2, Armenia 1. The result was the important thing and Ireland had sealed their place in the Euro 2012 playoffs.… Read more...
The Baseball Hall of Fame
One of the interesting whimsies of stateside sports is their love of Halls of Fame (yes, with capital letters). There is a Hall of Fame for the NFL (Canton, Ohio), the NBA (Springfield, Mass.), the NHL (Toronto, Canada) and almost every other sport you could think of, whether at professional, college or amateur level.… Read more...
Paris, Henry and a Nation Dumped on its Arse
We recently had the anniversary of “Henry Day”. It passed me by a little, I’ll admit, because there’s plenty of stuff to be worrying about which is probably more important than a silly football match, let alone the anniversary of one.
But then that thought itself reminded me of something I wrote last year after I arrived home from Paris. … Read more...
