john konchar
Vietnam Women's Volleyball: The System Behind the Continental TitleThe scoreboard stopped at 14-12 in the fifth set of the 2026 AVC Challenge Cu...
GOAL's World-Class Club 2026: Reputation Issued Without an AuditorWhen GOAL published its World-Class Club 2026 list, I did not begin with the...
Ajax have the ball, Atalanta have the plan: the Marcos Leonardo question at the Johan Cruyff ArenaIn the 34th minute the ball arrived at Marcos Leonardo's feet on the left edg...
Indian Women's Badminton Team Kicks Off Asian Games 2026: Gateway Before the Big BattleOn the morning of September 20, 2026, at the venues in Aichi-Nagoya, the Indi...
Vinicius Jr leads Brazil's rebuild: India set to face highest-ranked opponent everVinicius Jr, Real Madrid's brightest star, will lead Brazil in a historic...
Phnom Penh Crown stun Gangwon 2-1: a real win, but the data whispers otherwiseMoses John Dyer collected the ball on the left edge of the box, turned once,...
V.League doesn't lack data — it lacks people willing to face itOn a Saturday afternoon in late March, I stood at the corner of Hoa Xuan...
FIFA Sent No Bad News: One Ranking Place and the Real Match Indonesia Has Not Played YetOne in the morning in Nagoya. I sit in front of two screens — one showing Tog...
USA TODAY Sports' National High School Esports Championship: Three Titles, Eight Teams and the Price of an InvitationOn October 12, 2026, eight high schools across the United States entered the...
A 75-Year-Old Referee, a Head-Drop in Hidalgo, and the Missing License: Anatomy of a Lucha Libre TragedyIn sports medicine, there is a combination that any physician places in the...
Real Madrid, Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea All Target a €70 Million Player: The Race for Jarell QuansahReal Madrid, Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea are all pursuing a 23-year-old...
The Undefeated Without a Contract: Farid Basharat and the UFC's Revaluation of WinningOn November 13, 2026, Farid Basharat walked away from the UFC. He was 29 year...
ChessBase Magazine #225: When a Women's Chess Tournament Headline Becomes a Sales HookI clicked that link at 2:14 in the morning, on a laptop with worn keys in...
Baskonia Signs Marcio Santos for Two Years: The Rebound Data Tells a Different Story Than the Club ReleaseTwo Readings, One Line of Data After rewatching the tape, I stopped at the on...
Chinese Table Tennis: Rally-Level Data Overturns the 'Steel Nerves' MythIn the seventh game of a men's singles final, a Chinese player saved two matc...
The January spectre and the buried goalkeeper problem at Paris Saint-GermainOn the Paris Saint-Germain bench this season there is a seat that is always...
Manchester United hunt 'new Haaland' to replace JJ Gabriel: The record is real, but the legal wall is the real storyI watched the goal three times. On the third viewing, I saw what VAR never...
Insufficient Evidence: The Hardest Verdict in Combat Sports AnalysisThe sanda mat at a youth tournament in Ho Chi Minh City, round three. The...
The 'Football' Label Misapplied to a Lifestyle Column: A Crack in the Transfer Data PipelineBased on my experience watching matches and monitoring data feeds, there is o...
US Championships: Woodward Takes Down Caruana, Lee Widens the GapSummer in Saint Louis. In the playing hall of the US Chess Championship, a...
