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Books and freelance work by Beau Dure

  • Writing
    • Culture
    • Olympics and other sports
    • MMA
    • General soccer
    • Women’s soccer
    • Youth soccer
  • Blogs
    • Ranting Soccer Dad
    • Before the Apocalypse
    • Mostly Modern Media
  • Books
    • 2012: The Year That Saved Women’s Soccer
    • How the Hell Did I End Up Cageside?
    • Why the U.S. Men Will Never Win the World Cup

Category: basketball

Review: “Last Days of Knight” is flawed but essential

Cross-posting at mostlymodernmedia.com  ESPN is gambling these days. The new “30 for 30” documentary, Last Days of Knight, gambles on three … More

Number Crunching And Ascertaining Tournament: Breaking down the bracket

I’ve been trying to learn data science, and inspired by a contest at Kaggle that is waaaay beyond my level … More

2017 ncaa men's basketball tournament

Women’s soccer, pro/rel, UConn hoops and taking things for granted

If there’s war between the sexes, then there’ll be no people left — Joe Jackson. (Tori Amos did a terrific … More

geno auriemma, promotion/relegation, u.s. women's national soccer team

Best biting comment after losing by 159 points …

From the coach of a girls basketball team that scored 2 in a 161-2 game: “People shouldn’t feel sorry for … More

high school sports, sportsmanship

Single-Digit Soccer: The lessons of basketball

The general consensus says playing multiple sports is a good thing for kids. They get a broader range of physical … More

single-digit soccer, youth soccer, youth sports

NBA dumping divisions? Why not add promotion and relegation?

I’ve long figured the NBA was the U.S. pro sport best suited to a promotion/relegation system. It’s not hard to … More

nba, promotion/relegation

At Ozy.com: Magnus Carlsen, hoops freshmen, curling

If you haven’t checked out Ozy.com yet, please do. It’s a terrific site capturing the next wave of what’s important, … More

No, you didn’t have to win by 105 points

It’s astounding that whenever one of these high school basketball blowouts like this week’s 107-2 thriller in Indiana pops up, … More

high school sports, sportsmanship

Olympic basketball: We got next! Yeah! The three of us!

Neat event starting tomorrow — the 3-on-3 basketball world championships. It might be over 100 degrees on the outdoor court, … More

3v3, new olympic sports

2012 medal projection update: Ball sports

See the original post for projections from 16 months ago; read on for the latest (which may not have changed … More

basketball, beach volleyball, field hockey, football, soccer, team handball, volleyball, water polo

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