UPDATE (Sept. 25, 12:10 p.m.): Swiss authorities announced Friday that they were opening a criminal investigation into the activities of Sepp Blatter, the head of FIFA. In June, when the FIFA corruption scandal broke, some of FiveThirtyEight’s editors and writers wildly speculated about building a new organization to right the wrongs of the old. Here’s […]
UPDATE (Sept. 25, 12:10 p.m.): Swiss authorities announced Friday that they were opening a criminal investigation into the activities of Sepp Blatter, the head of FIFA. In June, when the FIFA corruption scandal broke, some of FiveThirtyEight’s editors and writers wildly speculated about building a new organization to right the wrongs of the old. Here’s […]
On Wednesday, we published an article by David Goldenberg about “Jeopardy!” great Ken Jennings’s amazing 74-match “Jeopardy!” win streak in 2004, called “Why Ken Jennings’s ‘Jeopardy!’ Streak Is Nearly Impossible To Break.” In it, Goldenberg explains how much of an absurd outlier Jennings is and examines some reasons that Jennings’s performance may be even harder […]
On Wednesday, we published an article by David Goldenberg about “Jeopardy!” great Ken Jennings’s amazing 74-match “Jeopardy!” win streak in 2004, called “Why Ken Jennings’s ‘Jeopardy!’ Streak Is Nearly Impossible To Break.” In it, Goldenberg explains how much of an absurd outlier Jennings is and examines some reasons that Jennings’s performance may be even harder […]
This afternoon the NFL released the results of an investigation into whether or not the New England Patriots intentionally deflated footballs below league standards. The report was so sensational that we had to gather some of our best sports minds to talk about it. Here’s an edited transcript of our Slack conversation. cwick (Chadwick Matlin, […]
