Funded exclusively by exorbitant ticket prices

We already knew that FIFA was corrupt (Blatter era), and then it became super corrupt (Russia / Qatar / Saudi Arabia WC bids), so now it has achieved being super-duper corrupt

Might need two versions of the lecture depending on the ages of the search committee, just in case! 😆

I’m already pondering which open data set I’ll post using this

We're in Year 2 of seeing the big teams advance regularly, as more games = more margin for error. After a 2nd bad result in the old group phase, there'd be reason for concern. Now, you can have 3? more? bad results and still get through via playoff round (which ought to the 1x-leg for more jeopardy)

I use this list every time I am teaching research methods or statistics, without fail. Always a winner (except for the researchers when analyzing their data)

OMG YES

I am celebrating by scheduling appointments with students where the time zone randomly changes between Pacific and Central. Feel the rush....

Loan system like in soccer

Kent Tekulve (this one’s for @andystilp.bsky.social)

PLEASE no Ron Darling

Post the longer clip that shows the rest of the double play!!

Sorry Bradley and Kerkez too

Now imagine just logging onto Bluesky and these are the first skeets you're reading about the 4yo kicker, not the last ones

*in the 7th minute of 6 minutes of stoppage time