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Professor, London School of Economics. And football. Still trying to figure stuff out. 🇩🇪🇪🇺🇺🇸
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Chris Anderson retweeted
NEW: I’m not sure people fully appreciate how dire the US life expectancy / mortality situation has got.
My column: enterprise-sharing.ft.com/re…
And some utterly damning charts.
1) at *every* point on the income distribution, Americans live shorter lives than the English.
Thanks for having me on - enjoyed our chat!
Today's Show is available in Podcast form NOW!
0:00: This Week in Sports
26:20: @BBurkeESPN talking NFL and WR performance
52:19: TWIS continued
1:11:42: @SoccerQuant on all things Soccer analytics
Listen HERE:👇👇👇podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
Chris Anderson retweeted
Today's Show is available in Podcast form NOW!
0:00: This Week in Sports
26:20: @BBurkeESPN talking NFL and WR performance
52:19: TWIS continued
1:11:42: @SoccerQuant on all things Soccer analytics
Listen HERE:👇👇👇podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
Sad and shocking news this morning about Grant Wahl. Lovely guy, top journalist, positive influence on the world. RIP.
V cogent analysis
"The markets have taken back control: so much for Truss's Brexit delusion of sovereignty" by @Freedland " theguardian.com/commentisfre…
Ei schau mal @chbiermann was die Post heute gebracht hat. Freu mich auf die Lektüre – gespannt wie’n Flitzebogen!
Just for the fun of it: since it’s the 2022 #StatsBombConferenceI thought it’d be fun to share what you could call the current @MLS Moneyball charts (salary data courtesy of @AnalysisEvolved). (To help w reading, I’ve circled the “good” quadrant)
Wow. Can't believe the forensic work that went into unearthing this. Thanks, guys - amazing walk down memory lane. 🙏
(cc @srudd_ok)
Episode 1: The spiritual birth of soccer analytics blogging postscriptpod.substack.com/p…
Love this
The unique role of the goalkeeper in Christian Titz's Magdeburg tactics ✍️
Titz uses his GK, Dominik Reimann, in a revolutionary way… almost as a CB in buildup
This 🧵 will show the key elements, benefits, and risks of Titz's tactic
#EINMALIMMER #Bundesliga
Thrilled this study w/ my great colleague @sarahobolt has found a terrific home at @WEPsocial. We examine the politics of face coverings - specifically, people's willingness to comply with UK govt advice to wear masks. Many thanks to the @BritishAcademy_ for supporting our work.
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Amazing story
In the 1980s an East German criminal was delivered across the Berlin Wall to fuel a tide of neo-Nazi violence that still plagues Germany today.
His name was Rainer Sonntag—and he was a Communist spy.
His handler? Vladimir Putin.
magazine.atavist.com/follow-…
Fun and informative piece if you're into data analysis in football (and understanding a bit of its history).
Charles Reep: The military accountant who brought data analysis to English game bbc.in/3NcQNAG
Chris Anderson retweeted
Across the country, parents are putting their children to bed, reading stories, singing lullabies—and in the back of their minds, they’re worried about what might happen tomorrow after they drop their kids off at school, or take them to a grocery store or any other public space.
Happy and humbled to share some personal news.
Thrilled this paper found a home in @EJPRjournal, one of my all-time favorite journals.
“Citizens and the state during crisis: Public authority, private behaviour and the Covid‐19 pandemic in France” ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
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In contrast, satisfaction w President's performance in office became a sig factor driving compliance reports in immediate aftermath of the speech. (Unsurprisingly), once the French state strictly enforced restrictions, pol beliefs ceased to matter for compliance reports.
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