On Monday we released FiveThirtyEight’s World Cup predictions, which are based on an algorithm I created with ESPN in 2010, the Soccer Power Index (SPI). Our model has Brazil as the clear frontrunner — partly because of the substantial advantage to the host nation in the World Cup, and partly because SPI rates Brazil as […]
At the 2000 Sydney Games, Olympians raced through the 70,000 free condoms provided to them, prompting a second emergency shipment. Ahead of the 2012 London Games, 150,000 prophylactics were ordered for Olympians’ bedroom gymnastics. All of that seems surprising given the widely held belief that sex is bad for sports. The coach of the Bosnia-Herzegovina national soccer […]
At the 2000 Sydney Games, Olympians raced through the 70,000 free condoms provided to them, prompting a second emergency shipment. Ahead of the 2012 London Games, 150,000 prophylactics were ordered for Olympians’ bedroom gymnastics. All of that seems surprising given the widely held belief that sex is bad for sports. The coach of the Bosnia-Herzegovina national soccer […]
Looking for a World Cup favorite? All you really need to know is this: The World Cup gets underway Thursday in Sao Paulo, and it’s really hard to beat Brazil in Brazil. Today we’re launching an interactive that calculates every team’s chances of advancing past the group stage and eventually winning the tournament. The forecasts […]
Looking for a World Cup favorite? All you really need to know is this: The World Cup gets underway Thursday in Sao Paulo, and it’s really hard to beat Brazil in Brazil. Today we’re launching an interactive that calculates every team’s chances of advancing past the group stage and eventually winning the tournament. The forecasts […]
