Long-form pieces on the numbers, tactics and methodology behind our reporting. Each piece names its data sources and the sample period used.
Football at 3.5 to 4 billion, cricket at 2.5 billion, basketball past 2 billion: the headline figures, the league-revenue ranking and the fastest-growing sports of the cycle.
An explanation of why high presses look identical in PPDA but operate on different tactical principles, with three alternative metrics we calculate ourselves.
Run rates, dot percentages and matchup data show a quiet shift in how teams attack the middle overs in Test cricket.
The textbook second-half-faster than first-half advice no longer maps cleanly onto top-10 marathon finishes in the elite field.
Every analysis piece names its data sources and the sample period. Where we calculate metrics ourselves, the formula and the inputs are published on the methodology page so the reasoning can be checked.