Ten days before the World Cup began, we tried to predict which group might be the tournament’s Group of Death. In doing so, we discovered that Qatar 2022 contained two of the 14 most difficult groups by average pre-tournament Elo rating among all World Cups dating back to 1970. One of those groups — Group […]
We’re on the ground in Rio covering the 2016 Summer Olympics. Check out all our coverage here. Despite trailing much of the first half, the U.S. men’s basketball team defeated Australia 98-88 on Wednesday, moving to 3-0 in Olympic pool play. Over those three games, the Americans have won by an average of 37 points, […]
We’re on the ground in Rio covering the 2016 Summer Olympics. Check out all our coverage here. Despite trailing much of the first half, the U.S. men’s basketball team defeated Australia 98-88 on Wednesday, moving to 3-0 in Olympic pool play. Over those three games, the Americans have won by an average of 37 points, […]
I passed a fellow Disney cast member in the hallway just after Thursday afternoon’s first set of World Cup matches concluded. He’d missed the U.S.-Germany game. “Did we win?” he asked. “Yes,” I said. “I mean, no, we lost. But we advanced.” He seemed to understand. After its loss to Germany, the U.S. finished tied […]
I passed a fellow Disney cast member in the hallway just after Thursday afternoon’s first set of World Cup matches concluded. He’d missed the U.S.-Germany game. “Did we win?” he asked. “Yes,” I said. “I mean, no, we lost. But we advanced.” He seemed to understand. After its loss to Germany, the U.S. finished tied […]
