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Happy birthday Clive Sullivan

  • by lukealexdavis
  • 9th April 20219th April 2021
  • Sport

The Welsh winger defied the odds to become a rugby league world champion.

So I watched Extreme E yesterday

  • by lukealexdavis
  • 5th April 20215th April 2021
  • Sport

Imagine Cruisin’ World but with electric SUVs. That’s Extreme E.

Ninh explains the rules of sport

  • by lukealexdavis
  • 5th April 20215th April 2021
  • Sport

What’s your favourite sport? And do you know the rules?

Can you name every player to play for Inter and AC Milan since 1995?

  • by lukealexdavis
  • 2nd April 20211st April 2021
  • Soccer

There are 27.

Cullen Jones on world records, diversity in swimming, and other sports

  • by lukealexdavis
  • 1st April 20211st April 2021
  • Water Sports

From nearly drowning as a child to Olympic gold, Cullen Jones has been through a hell of a lot to get to where he is today.

Minnesota Fats vs. Willie Mosconi

  • by lukealexdavis
  • 30th March 202130th March 2021
  • Sport

What happens when an immovable object meets an unstoppable force on the pool table? I dunno but here’s Minnesota Fats vs. Willie Mosconi from 1978.

Lewis, the worst baseball player of all time

  • by lukealexdavis
  • 26th March 20211st April 2021
  • Baseball

Lewis, Lewis, who the eff is Lewis?

Circle bracket for 2021 Men’s NCAA March Madness

  • by lukealexdavis
  • 23rd March 202123rd March 2021
  • Basketball

A new way to look at March Madness.

When Ronnie O’Sullivan played left-handed

  • by lukealexdavis
  • 20th March 202120th March 2021
  • Snooker

And really pissed off Alain Robidoux.

The Kilobyte’s Gambit: chess in 1KB of JavaScript

  • by lukealexdavis
  • 20th March 202120th March 2021
  • Sport

Can you beat some computer code at chess?

Roger Federer returns with a win!

  • by lukealexdavis
  • 11th March 202111th March 2021
  • Tennis

Welcome back, old man.

Ballhaus: a basketball/fine art Instagram account

  • by lukealexdavis
  • 10th March 202130th March 2021
  • Basketball

From the court to the canvas.

The astrophysics hidden in sport

  • by lukealexdavis
  • 8th March 20218th March 2021
  • American Football, Baseball, Basketball, Sport

The cosmos has a lot more to do with sport than we think.

Musa Okwonga on Pelé

  • by lukealexdavis
  • 25th February 202125th February 2021
  • Soccer

Get into this incredible critique of Pelé and his Netflix documentary by Musa Okwonga.

10 joyful moments from Black athletes

  • by lukealexdavis
  • 25th February 202125th February 2021
  • Sport

Celebrate some of the happiest moments from Black sporting history with this list.

Vid2Player creates fantasy tennis matchups

  • by lukealexdavis
  • 16th February 202121st February 2021
  • Tennis

With AI, 4 Stanford PhD candidates have created a remarkable tennis match system.

Tennis Abstract on Serena vs. Margaret

  • by lukealexdavis
  • 15th February 202130th March 2021
  • Tennis

We already know the winner in that contest but here’s some maths behind it, courtesy of TennisAbstract.

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