Sporting Intelligence
Nick Harris, Roger Pielke Jr., Samindra Kunti, Simon Cambers: On TennisFollowing the money, uncovering corruption, and diving into the data to tell the stories that matter.
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This post will be short and not particularly sweet.
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Experienced sportswriter with a track record of breaking huge stories
Undisciplined scholar, recovering academic I research and write about the messy and complicated places where science meets policy and politics
Sam Kunti is a reporter, who investigates FIFA, the gambling industry and labour abuses in the Gulf. He writes for Josimar, World Soccer and Forbes, and contributes to the BBC. He is the author of ‘Brazil 1970’. Graduate of Columbia University.
Tennis journalist, veteran of 80+ Grand Slams. Regular contributor to The Guardian, ESPN. Co-author The Roger Federer Effect; commentator for Radio Roland-Garros & AO Radio; president International Tennis Writers' Association (ITWA)
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