Julio Dely ValdesJulio Dely Valdes
A Flawless, Empty Analysis: The Silent Failure Eroding Sports Data9:40 p.m., my desk in Shanghai. A file slides over from the data-processing...
The 10th Shoe: Donovan Mitchell and the Commercial Equation Outside the NBA Salary CapWhen Donovan Mitchell extended his multi-year deal with Adidas, the contract...
River Plate chase Yassine Bounou: one target, three choices, and an unbalanced chequeOn a broadcast in Buenos Aires, Hernán Castillo said a sentence that made me...
Caleb Williams, a Hamstring and Chicago's Two-Identity Problem Before Monday Night FootballOn Monday night the stadium lights will come on for Monday Night Football. Bu...
Sam Nauman and the Roadmap from YMCA Pool to NCAA Division I: In-Depth Analysis of the Swimming Recruiting Commitment Making WavesHook: The Moment When the Finish Line Becomes the Starting Point The afternoo...
The Left Hand and 40 Centimeters: The Tactical Blueprint of Modern Table TennisI rewatched a rally in men's singles more times than I care to count. A...
Three Finals, No Trophy: India's Davis Cup Record and the Three-Decade GapKolkata, 2026. A Davis Cup tie stretched across 327 games and ended 3-2 for t...
Vietnam's 2026 World Cup Qualifying Collapse: The Answer Sits in the V.League, Not the AttackOn the night of 26 March 2026, at My Dinh Stadium. When Ramadhan Sananta put...
Dakar 2026: Six Empty Time Slots in the Beach Volleyball Schedule, and Africa's Story Buried in a FootnoteSix Empty Time Slots The schedule release for beach volleyball at the Dakar...
Wirtz and the Gap Between Two Systems: When Anfield Falls Silent, Germany SpeaksIn the 34th minute of the Germany vs Serbia match, I did not note the score. ...
A Mountain West Job Posting: The Swimwear Market Map Written as a Job DescriptionOn arena's careers board — arena being the Italian swimwear brand — there is ...
Nine Empty Sections, One Mirror: When Vietnamese Sports Analysis Lacks Source DataThis morning I opened an in-depth analysis. Nine dimensions. Six evaluation...
2026 Ballon d'Or Goalkeeper Race: Bounou and Mendy Lead, Barcelona SurprisesFrance Football has officially unveiled the shortlist for the men's and women...
Beyond Ayotzinapa: When Data Does Not Belong to Football — Notes on a Misclassification and Data-QA Lessons for V.LeagueThere is a dataset almost nobody in our analytics room is willing to open. It...
Jenson Seelt and the 95-Minute Story: When Data Doesn't Live on the Stats SheetThere are numbers that never appear on a stats sheet; they live between two...
MIBR GC 2-0 FENNEL Female: Two Maps, 75 Minutes, and a 103-Point Elo GapThe upper-bracket scoreline for VCT Game Changers Championship 2026 reads one...
China Masters 2026: Srikanth's Resurgence, Satwik-Chirag's Grit, and Tanvi Sharma's LessonWhen the score was 18-19 in the second game, facing a world No. 9, Kidambi...
Vietnamese Football and the Nine Dimensions of Analysis: Filling the Data GapVietnamese football has entered an era in which data is no longer a supportin...
Mbappe's Knee, Twelve Empty Days, and Real Madrid's Four Attacking SolutionsKylian Mbappe's right knee bent backwards for a fraction of a second, and I s...
The Empty Analysis and the Disease of the Transfer WindowIn November 2026, I sat in front of a screen in Guangzhou and wrote two...
