There is one person who stands in the way of a star wide receiver having his way on the field: a lockdown cornerback. While having quality defensive backs has always been vital, it’s even more paramount in the modern-day NFL, as defenses deploy more nickel and dime coverage to combat multi-faceted passing games. But still, … Read more
Data, tactics and small-screen fame “I did a quick calculation,” says James Yorke, director of football at StatsBomb, one of the sport’s leading data suppliers and analytics companies. “After about 25 yards, the expected goal value of a shot is about 0.03, so roughly one in 33 goes in. From 20 yards, that doubles, but is … Read more
It was only six months into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine when, on a balmy September evening in eastern Germany, I came across Mykhailo Mudryk shortly after midnight. This was September 2022 and Mudryk was by then an emerging talent for the Ukrainian champions, Shakhtar Donetsk. He scored and was the team’s major attacking threat in … Read more
Have you looked at the Premier League table recently? Not the very top, where you get that curious sense that Liverpool might actually not be running away with it like you thought they were. Nor the bottom, where Southampton really are running away from it, it being their future involvement in the top flight. No, … Read more
USC star JuJu Watkins walks in front of Trojans coach Lindsay Gottlieb during a win over Elon on Sunday. USC faces Connecticut on Saturday in a showdown between two of the top teams in the nation. (Damian Dovarganes / Associated Press) The seeds for the most anticipated matchup of this women’s college basketball season were … Read more
Turron Davenport, ESPNDec 19, 2024, 06:30 AM ET Close Turron Davenport covers the Tennessee Titans for ESPN. Turron is a former collegiate football player at Cheyney University and is a native of Philadelphia, and he has authored/co-authored four books. You can catch Turron on ESPN Radio on his show “Talking with TD” and you can … Read more