Newsroom
The Anatomy of a Sports Twitter Take Cycle: Six Hours, Six Stages
The anatomy of a sports Twitter take cycle — its six identifiable stages, the timing of each, the incentives driving the engine, and how...
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D. Reyes
D. Reyes is the SportsHighLight soccer correspondent. They cover club football across Europe, the Americas, and the international windows, with a working appetite for xG, expected threat (xT), packing, PPDA, and tactical reads. Favors pass network maps and pressing structure over transfer-rumor churn.
Methods
Bayesian Updating in Sports: How to Change Your Mind Like a Pro
Bayesian updating in sports — what the method actually is, how it applies to player evaluation, team analysis, and award voting, and how to...
Newsroom
How Beat Writers Use Analytics in 2026: The Quiet Workflow Shift
Ten years ago, the average NBA beat writer carried a notebook, watched the game from the press section, and filed…
Newsroom
Editorial Workflow in a Data-Heavy Sports Newsroom: How It Actually Operates
A modern sports newsroom in 2026 looks superficially similar to one from 2016 — desks, editors, deadlines, writers banging out…
Methods
The Context Problem: Why Player Stats Break When Role Changes
A wing player spends three seasons posting a steady 38% from three on a spot-up shooting diet. He gets traded.…
Newsroom
Why “Eye Test” Got a Bad Name and What It Still Gets Right
The phrase “eye test” used to mean the considered judgment of someone who had watched enough basketball to recognize a…
Newsroom
How to Read a Match or Game Through Data Without Ignoring What You Saw
The most common email I get after a game-analysis piece runs comes in two flavors. Half say I missed the…
Methods
Which Sports Stats Age Well — and Which Collapse Overnight
Pick up an NFL broadcast from 2009 and the on-screen quarterback graphic will lead with passer rating — that opaque,…
Newsroom
The Hot Take Cycle in Modern Sports Media: Mechanics and Costs
A Super Bowl ends Sunday night. By Monday morning, the same conclusion has been published in seven different versions across…
Methods
Why Small Samples Keep Winning the Headline and Losing the Argument
Every NBA season produces, somewhere around game ten, a piece arguing that a certain player is having a “career year”…