You’re reading Back of the Envelope, an experiment that aims to bring shorter, quicker content to FiveThirtyEight. Magnus Carlsen, the Norwegian chess grandmaster and No. 1-ranked chess player in the world, is just over two weeks away from defending his world championship in New York City. It’ll be a grueling test, with hours-long games spread […]
You’re reading Back of the Envelope, an experiment that aims to bring shorter, quicker content to FiveThirtyEight. When is a loss just a loss, and when is it a harbinger of things to come? On Tuesday night, the Chicago Cubs and the Golden State Warriors took hard losses in very different settings: Game 1 of […]
You’re reading Back of the Envelope, an experiment that aims to bring shorter, quicker content to FiveThirtyEight. When is a loss just a loss, and when is it a harbinger of things to come? On Tuesday night, the Chicago Cubs and the Golden State Warriors took hard losses in very different settings: Game 1 of […]
You’re reading Back of the Envelope, an experiment that aims to bring shorter, quicker content to FiveThirtyEight. Do I want — really, actually, genuinely want — the Cubs to win the World Series? It’s a question I grappled with at length after a couple whiskeys with my best friend from back home as they marched […]
You’re reading Back of the Envelope, an experiment that aims to bring shorter, quicker content to FiveThirtyEight. Do I want — really, actually, genuinely want — the Cubs to win the World Series? It’s a question I grappled with at length after a couple whiskeys with my best friend from back home as they marched […]
