Mark BrennanMark Brennan
TennisChengdu Open: Brooksby reaches quarterfinals in a week when serving ruledOne evening in Chengdu, Jenson Brooksby left the court with a wet towel drape...
TennisDavis Cup: Czech Republic's 3-2 Comeback Over USA and Auger-Aliassime's 77.9% Service MasterclassI re-watched the tape of the Czech Republic against the United States in Prag...
TennisAlcaraz's New York Return: A Race Against History and the 2,000-Point Defense CliffNew York, late August – four and a half months after the last forehand in...
BadmintonNguyen Tien Minh Advances in Vietnam Open 2026 Qualifiers: Experience Compensates for 43-Year-Old VeteranIn the context of the Vietnam Open 2026 Super 100 tournament running from...
SwimmingSharks Swim Club: When a 350-Athlete Club Hires an 'Architect' for Its Entire Development SystemI swam for nearly 15 years before becoming a commentator, and in all that tim...
VolleyballThailand 2-3 China in the 2026 Asian Games Semifinal: Set Five Broke at Reception, Not at the NetThe ball touched the floor at 28-26. Thailand had just saved a match point,...
BasketballAmen Thompson and the $208 Million Deal: What Are the Houston Rockets Betting On?When ESPN's Shams Charania confirmed that Amen Thompson agreed to a five-year...
Table TennisWhen the Data Table Is Empty: The Discipline of Writing Table Tennis by NumbersAt four in the morning in Shanghai, I open a spreadsheet with forty-seven row...
BadmintonSepak Takraw Gold at ASIAD 20: Two Hanoi Names, a Two-Tier Bonus Architecture, and the Part Nobody Has PricedIn the rewards list published by the Hanoi People's Council after the Asian...
VolleyballThailand exits the 2026 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship in the quarterfinals: three sets, 9.22 points, and the fragile edge of the world top 50Set two, score 24-24. Thailand's setter pushed the ball to the wing,...
GolfHow to Change Your Driver Without Buying a New One: Maximizing Adjustability FeaturesHave you ever bought an expensive driver, taken it to the course, and… never...
International FootballBivol vs Smith: Light-Heavyweight World Title Defense in YekaterinburgDmitry Bivol will defend his light-heavyweight world titles against Callum...
Domestic FootballV.League and the Foreign Player Equation: Where the Money Flows, Where Vietnamese Football GoesThe foreign player story in V.League has never been merely about numbers. Whe...
EsportsThe Empty Report: Process Gaps in Esports Analysis During the Transfer WindowThe clock on the wall of my Busan office read 2:14 a.m. on a Tuesday. Outside...
Domestic FootballV.League Transfer Window: When Noise Buries the Gap Between Two TouchesI have an eccentric habit every transfer window: I switch off all the rumor...
EsportsKRAFTON Shoots Its Own Foot: Who Is the Biggest Winner in the Vietnam-Korea PUBG Drama?When Himass was forced to leave PUBG Asia Stars mid-event, the Vietnamese PUB...
Athletics21.47 Seconds in Budapest: Amy Hunt, Sydney Sweeney and the Data Gap Behind a ClaimIn Budapest, on a Sunday afternoon in September, the women's 200m final close...
Domestic FootballFrom 600 to 1,000 Billion VND a Year: Mapping Vietnamese Football's Spending Before a Congress VoteOn Tuesday afternoon, at a V.League club's training ground, I counted...
International FootballMinute 60 and the Space Behind the Midfield Line: The Geometry of Collapse in V.LeagueIn their last three matches, the PPDA of a V.League title-chasing side rose...
VolleyballVietnam Women's Volleyball: Reading the Game Through Data, Not "Miracles"There is an analysis nine pages long, divided into nine dimensions, laid out ...
