Where the Story Sits Once a Scoreline Stops Mattering
Four angles that hold up when you report a one-sided game, the two that always read as padding, and which match numbers stop meaning anything.
Tag: sports writing
What a Change on the Hour Actually Tells You
Four substitution patterns read as evidence: the scheduled hour change, the reactive swap, the double change and the message, and what each one can support.
What Belongs in the First Hundred Words of a Match Report
How to write a match report opening that works: the four facts a reader needs in the first hundred words, the three that can wait, and a full rewrite.