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NBA 2026-27 tips off tonight: my top ten for this season
The three opening-night games, my top ten with title chances, what changes in the rules and my picks for the end of the season.
20 October 2026Read more →NFLNFL after six weeks: how far my power rankings missed
Three unbeaten teams I had at 12, 15 and 16, and a number four sitting at 0-6. The standings against my own ranking.
20 October 2026Read more →College FootballCollege football: the Saturday five of the top seven lost
Georgia fell on the last snap, Notre Dame lost in Provo and the Big 12 admitted two days later that the closing sequence was judged wrongly.
20 October 2026Read more →NFLNFL Week 3: twelve one-score games in a single Sunday
Fourteen games, twelve within eight points and a record equalled. From the Maracanã to the last kick in Denver.
29 September 2026Read more →College FootballCollege football week 4: the Saturday the top fell
Five ranked teams down, Texas surviving Neyland by three points and an SEC that admitted the closing sequence was officiated wrongly.
29 September 2026Read more →NBANBA 2026-27: the Ballmer case and a league redrawn
The heaviest penalty ever handed to an NBA owner, LeBron and Giannis in new places and a season that starts on 20 October.
29 September 2026Read more →College SportsThe Protect College Sports Act: what changes for college sport
The Senate passed the bill 77 to 22. What it says about money, transfers and eligibility, and why player groups are against it.
29 September 2026Read more →College FootballCollege football is back: what week 1 showed
Michigan got a second back, LSU dismantled Clemson and Indiana replaced a Heisman winner. Five moments from a quiet opening weekend.
8 September 2026Read more →NFLNFL Power Rankings 2026: my ranking going into the new season
All 32 teams ranked going into the 2026 season, with the reason each sits where it does and the question hanging over it.
6 September 2026Read more →OrganisationDriving change: why the same approach does not work everywhere
Change rarely fails on substance and often on approach. Five ways of changing, when each fits, and how deep a change actually reaches.
5 September 2026Read more →NFLAaron Donald and the weekend of the roster cuts
All 32 clubs cut their rosters from 90 players to 53. In that same weekend, Donald signed with the Rams again.
2 September 2026Read more →College SportsThe fifth year: a ruling that reopened rosters
A federal judge granted the class of 2022 a fifth season after all. The NCAA lost on the transition, not on the rule itself.
2 September 2026Read more →NBANBA Offseason 2026: every major trade
Giannis to Miami, Jaylen Brown to Philadelphia and the Lakers without LeBron. A summer in which nearly every contender changed shape.
12 August 2026Read more →NBANBA Free Agency 2026: the best signings so far
Grimes and Sexton to the Lakers, Robinson to Boston. Why the market is shifting toward the middle.
3 July 2026Read more →NBANBA Draft 2026: every pick from 1 to 13
Dybantsa, Peterson and Boozer at the top. A first round made up almost entirely of freshmen, and what that means for the teams picking.
26 June 2026Read more →NFLNFL Draft and Offseason 2026: the complete story
How the draft works, the biggest surprises and what the trades mean for the coming season.
14 June 2026Read more →College SportsThe 2026 recruiting class: who signs where
Tyran Stokes to Kansas, Arkansas with three five-star recruits and Duke on top for a third year.
5 June 2026Read more →College SportsCollege Basketball 2026: NIL, Florida and 76 teams
How NIL and the transfer portal changed the sport, and what expanding to 76 teams means.
22 May 2026Read more →OrganisationImproving structure? Start with role clarity
Three sources of friction in growing organisations, and what the San Antonio Spurs show about dividing roles.
8 May 2026Read more →OrganisationHow do you know if your organisation is ready to grow?
Four signals that something needs to change before you take the next step, from stalled decisions to good people leaving.
24 April 2026Read more →OrganisationOrganisational advice for startups in the Netherlands
When a startup needs organisational advice, and why growth problems are almost never a talent problem but a structural one.
16 April 2026Read more →OrganisationWhat is organisational advice? An honest explanation
What an advisor does and does not do, when you actually need one, and why an outsider sees what stays invisible from within.
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