#Sports
Jared KnowlesCharlie Davies is a soccer genius. He said Cape Verde would get out of their group and make some noise. Well, here against Argentina, their performance is positively deafening. One of the games of the tournament.
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2026 World Cup Group Stage Forecast with PyMC
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I really enjoyed this thoughtful and detailed description of how to do ELO-style team head to head results forecasting and structure it within the World Cup tournament format. I think head to head forecasting has wider applicability in social science…
Jared KnowlesI am in sports watching nirvana with a great NBA finals, the World Cup starting, and the Stanley Cup Finals with two teams I don’t love, but playing at an incredible pace.
Brian Phillips nails it. From an entertainment perspective, VAR is an abomination in almost every sport. It has gone too far. I hate waiting 20 seconds after any meaningful action to see if the referee will make or reverse a call that changes the game.