Mark AtkinsMark Atkins
Türkiye's sixth place in men's volleyball: a best-ever result and what the two-line report leaves outThe report runs to two lines. The first confirms that the Türkiye men's...
The Empty Dossier and the Limits of Martial Arts AnalysisAt two in the morning, I opened a dossier on a regional martial arts event. T...
A Hashtag From Jeddah, Pressure at Newcastle: Seven Matches Are Not EvidenceThe final whistle at St James' Park had been gone four minutes when a hashtag...
Football analysis returns N/A across the board: when data is empty, journalism must know when to stay silentIn a professional football analysis document named Stage-2 Deep Professional...
An Empty Spreadsheet in F1 Silly Season and the Price of an Unsourced StoryLast week I opened a nine-sheet spreadsheet. The technical analysis sheet was...
Guernsey Takes Gold at Worthing Junior Team Tournament: When Victory Is Not About the StrokeIn nine team fixtures at the inaugural Worthing Junior Team 1* tournament,...
45 Days Tracking a Flight and 7 Times Iniesta Looked Up: The Dressing-Room Source TradeI sat in a cafe in Hongqiao, watching the flight tracker. The Gulfstream G650...
VAR in V.League: From a Controversial Penalty to the Loophole in Law 12In the 78th minute at Lach Tray Stadium, the referee showed a second yellow...
The 0-2 Loss to Malaysia: Vietnam Is Deceiving Itself with NumbersWhen the final whistle echoed around the Bukit Jalil stadium, the scoreboard...
2026 Men's Volleyball Club World Championship Power Rankings: Who Deserves the Crown?I remember a time when I was sitting at the director's table during a men's...
Vietnam Women at the 2026 World Cup: 270 Minutes and the Void After Winning the BallAt eight in the morning on 22 July 2026, I sat in front of a screen in Hanoi...
Vietnamese Swimming Team Explodes at SEA Games, Nguyen Thi Huyen Sets New Record in 400m HurdlesIn the moment the water breaks with a splash, Nguyen Thi Huyen charges forwar...
Salah Ahead of Messi on an Elo Ranking: Anatomy of a Sourceless Transfer StoryAt one in the morning in Shanghai, a Portuguese scout sent me a screenshot of...
The Locker Room in Signing Season: Southeast Asian Fighters and the Contracts Nobody ReadsAn empty chair in the second row. That is the detail I carried away from a...
Boulter Out of Wuhan After 90 Minutes: The British No. 1 Label and the Data GapThe fourth break of the second set arrived on Katie Boulter's serve, and the...
The Las Vegas death and the $382,928 labor judgment of a boxing promoterThere is a detail in the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD)...
Asia's Sprint Axis Just Shifted — But the Cameras Turned ElsewhereI stayed in the stands after the men's 100m medal ceremony ended. Forty-five...
Patch 26.22: Mel loses reflect as W becomes shield and movement speed — the cost of an untunable mechanicIn 2026 a clip circulated through the League of Legends community: Mel stands...
US Championships: Woodward Takes Down Caruana, Lee Widens the Gap — and the Data Gap Behind the HeadlineThere is a moment that anyone who has ever sat in a commentary booth remember...
Before a Transfer Makes Headlines: The Nine Verification Layers of a Transfer WriterThe phone rang at 2 a.m., and I knew the market had just shifted. In February...
