Jessica ZiuJessica Ziu
When the Analytics Board Returns Zero: The Data Void of Women's Esports1:47 a.m. in Incheon. The practice room of a women's Valorant team is still...
As Selangor Counts Every Ringgit Amid Malaysia's Transfer FrenzyIt was a January afternoon in Kuala Lumpur, and I stood by the fence of...
The 52-Week Slide: Table Tennis Rankings and the Trap of Undated DataThe draw sheet goes up on the corridor wall, and beside every name sits a sma...
The Last Lunge in Las Vegas and the $382,928 Judgment Buried Under the Word 'Mogul'A friend standing beside him shouted at him to stay still. He went forward...
The Opening 'Review' Trap: When a Benko Gambit Headline Masks an Engine Sales PageThere is an article about Sipke Ernst and his book The Modern Benko Gambit — ...
Thuy Linh Loses to Xu Wen Jing: A Match Misread Through the RankingsNguyen Du Stadium, second game, the scoreboard reads 17-14 in favour of the...
India Beat Kazakhstan 3-0 in Women's Team Badminton at Asian Games 2026: The Hidden Risk Is Two Unused Doubles PairsThe scoreboard read 3-0. It looked like a perfect evening for the Indian...
Alcaraz vs Faria: When Data Exposes the Truth Behind the 'Cinderella Story' at the US OpenNew York, late August. Arthur Ashe Stadium is waiting for a performance from...
Bierhoff, Tresoldi and Germany's No. 9 Void: Reading an Endorsement Like a BlueprintOliver Bierhoff no longer sits in the sporting director's chair of the German...
The Empty Spreadsheet and the Line Between Analysis and Fabrication in Vietnamese SportsOne April night in 2026, I opened a spreadsheet that contained nothing but a...
Dean Huijsen Returns to Spain: 90 Minutes of Redemption After World Cup HeartbreakThe Sánchez-Pizjuán Stadium in Seville, the night Spain hosted Croatia in the...
Modena Futures: Field Notes from an Entry-Tier Beach Volleyball EventThe second set ended at 21-12. I was sitting in the fourth row of the tempora...
Nine Blank Pages: The Input Standard Football Analysis Still LacksThree in the morning in Marseille, and a nine-page file opens on the screen....
The Empty Report: The Hardest Discipline in Basketball Data WorkAt two in the morning in Los Angeles, my second monitor displayed a...
West Ham 2-1 London City Lionesses: One Pattern, Two Goals, and What the Scoreline Does Not SayOn 21 minutes, the ball was played from around the halfway line into the spac...
Reading the Worn Shoes in the Corner: Japanese Youth Table Tennis and the Physicalization Trap at FifteenThe arena in Osaka had emptied out by nearly eleven at night. In the corner b...
Ivory Coast 2-0 Ghana: The Goal Did Not Belong to the Most Hyped ManIn the 89th minute, Yan Diomande received the ball on the left flank as Ivory...
Mees Hilgers leaves FC Twente after 15 years: An ungraceful split and a new chapter at SC HeerenveenOn a late August afternoon, as the floodlights of Abe Lenstra Stadium began t...
When Nine Dimensions Came Back Blank: The Data Discipline of an Esports JournalistAt nine on a Friday evening I opened the analysis spreadsheet and found exact...
Harry Kane Nears Bayern Contract Through 2029: Trading Age for Stability"I get to the training ground at 6 a.m., because sporting directors never...
