Sports Archive:
Running of the Bulls
13 Jul 2011
Honest Names for Yoga Poses
25 May 2011Too funny not to post. As a bonus, on the right, a comparison of nine poses to getting fall-down drunk.
Sorry about the sidestep into diagram and photo humor – I’ll post some boring econ charts soon to balance it all out for you.
Super Bowl XLV
In: Sports
9 Feb 2011This chart of the Green Bay Packer’s season, including play by play analysis of the entire playoffs, is a testament to how well evolved sports statistics are. The designers, Chartball, also do amazing things with baseball statistics.
Formula 1
In: Innovative Sports
30 Nov 2010Stunningly beautiful graphics on Formula 1 tracks and races, by Luis Chumpitaz. He even managed to make bilingual diagrams looks good. (Thanks to William Navarro for the link.)
NBA Schedule 2010
In: Sports
20 Oct 2010
The Yankees Rock!
In: Sports
11 Aug 2010
How Pitchers Dominate
4 Aug 2010Two cool analyses (even if you don’t care about baseball) of how Mariano Rivera and Stephen Strasbourg pitch. You have to wonder what kinds of similar work team scouts do behind the scenes.
SF-NY-CHI-BOS Marathons
26 Jul 2010
Is the Tour de France Getting Easier?
20 Jul 2010
World Cup Flopping
In: Source: WSJ Sports
12 Jul 2010The WSJ has a compilation of some of the most flagrant acting performances from the world cup. I hope FIFA does something to correct the reffing/flopping issue – it’s embarrassing to watch such amazing athletes act like children.
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