Sitemap - 2023 - Plot the Ball
⚽ ‘Possession’ doesn’t capture how well Spain pass the football. Here are some numbers which do
🏀 Can this version of Zion Williamson dominate the NBA?
🏏 Australian batter Phoebe Litchfield has taken the leap in T20 cricket
🏀 Positions are often a convenient fiction — just ask NBA playmaker Josh Giddey
🏒 Connor Bedard is a once-a-decade NHL prospect. What would it take to live up to the hype?
⚽ The 'Big Five' leagues dominate men's club football — but still don't provide all the talent
⚾ Maybe Shohei Ohtani's all-round excellence was too good to be true
🏏 Indian batting prodigy Shubman Gill has found his best format
⛳ Ludvig Åberg — Europe's great Ryder Cup hope — fits a familiar golfing profile
⚽ Does Sam Kerr 'miss easy chances'? It's complicated
🏀 The NBA is starting to reflect basketball’s global footprint
⚽ Ousmane Dembélé is 40% of a footballing superstar
⚽ Spain are the most distinctive country in international football — for better or for worse
⛳ Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler and conventional golfing wisdom
⚽ Two big questions ahead of the 2023 FIFA World Cup
🏉 Men's international rugby union changed gradually — then suddenly
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⚾ Another way of looking at Shohei Ohtani, baseball's two-way superstar
🏀 The many standout qualities of NBA Draft prospect Victor Wembanyama
🏏 Can New Zealand get back to the top of men's test cricket?
🏉 The Black Ferns Sevens are as good as they've ever been. What comes next?
🏉 Is Leinster's recent dominance of European club rugby a story about coaching?
⚽ Brighton's unique path towards the top of European football
🏒 Like to play Football Manager? You might enjoy watching this NHL power play
⚽ There's a statistical outlier in this year's Man City side — but it's not Erling Haaland
⚽ Barça Femení are historically good — but will they win the UWCL again?
🏏 Charting the careers of the 'Big Four' of batting in men's test cricket
🏏 Two recent revolutions in English cricket, visualised
🏏 Batters to watch at the 2023 T20 World Cup