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How a Number Becomes a Narrative in Modern Sports Media
An NBA player posts a 45% three-point shooting stretch across twelve games. A writer at a major outlet notices. The…
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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.
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What Analysts Mean by Regression to the Mean in Sports
In November of one recent NBA season, a veteran shooter went on a stretch nobody who watched closely thought was…
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A Field Guide to Sports Analytics Terms People Pretend to Understand
A friend of mine — an extremely intelligent person who watches more basketball than most beat writers — once told…
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NFL MVP Race: How Drake Maye Won the Narrative Between Drives
Drake Maye became the MVP favorite in three hours of TV coverage. The cumulative data has Allen first. The voting room reads recency, not...
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MLB Pennant Race August 2025: Red Sox Surge, Yankees Stumble, the Model Says
Red Sox 71-49 leading AL East. Yankees underperforming by 4 wins. The August standings overstate the variance. Reading the regression band honestly.
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The 2025 Final Four: When All Four #1 Seeds Convergence Finally Happened
All four #1 seeds reached the 2025 Final Four. First time since 2008. What the convergence reveals about bracketology models that had it roughly...
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SportsHighLight: A Note at Launch
The case for one more sports analytics site. The four editorial commitments. Who we are writing for, and who we are not.