As someone who has immediate family struggling with mental health disorders, this profile was compassionate and very real feeling. It is hard to describe the ups and downs, day by day, but Brendan Quinn’s writing nails it. Much 💝 to Duncan and his family.

Brian Phillips nails it. From an entertainment perspective, VAR is an abomination in almost every sport. It has gone too far. I hate waiting 20 seconds after any meaningful action to see if the referee will make or reverse a call that changes the game.

I really enjoyed this thoughtful and detailed description of how to do ELO-style team head to head results forecasting and structure it within the World Cup tournament format. I think head to head forecasting has wider applicability in social science…