You usually find out something is unstable the moment it fails. That’s the irony of engineering, isn’t it? We build, we assume, and then—snap. Whether I’m looking at a 3D-printed bracket snapping under a load it was “rated” for, or a dental implant that refuses to integrate, the lesson is always the same: Static assumptions … Read more
January 2022 felt like a fever dream. You couldn’t walk into a pub, scroll Twitter, or open a newspaper without getting hit by the wall of noise surrounding Novak Djokovic. The world No. 1, locked in a grimy hotel room in Melbourne. A cancelled visa. A brewing diplomatic war. The narrative we were sold was … Read more
I’ve spent the better part of two decades watching Indian coaches navigate the press, and usually, it’s a masterclass in saying absolutely nothing. They smile. They deflect. They offer platitudes about “trusting the process.” Then there’s Gautam Gambhir. When MP Shashi Tharoor tried to pay him a compliment—calling the head coach gig the “hardest job … Read more
Everyone assumes they know the score. In one corner, you have the United States: the heavyweight champion of the world, a monolith of wealth and military hardware. In the other, Papua New Guinea (PNG): a developing island nation, rugged and remote. On paper, it looks like a mismatch. A blowout. But paper lies. I’ve spent … Read more
You think you understand pressure? Try standing in the TU Cricket Ground when the home team is chasing a target that seems mathematically impossible. A World Cup qualifier isn’t just a tournament; it’s a meat grinder. Every run is a lifeline, every wicket a punch to the gut. I’ve covered enough cricket to know when … Read more
1.0 Introduction: The Night the World Stopped You think you know the story. Big muscles, bad acting, good conquering evil. But if you peel back the curtain on WWE’s Saturday Night’s Main Event (SNME), you don’t find a simple variety show. You find a funhouse mirror reflecting American culture right back at us. I’ve spent … Read more
I remember the first time I saw the mockups for the Inter Miami kit. I laughed. Actually, “laughed” is too polite. I thought it was a joke. In a league desperate for credibility, here was a team launching with a color palette that looked less like a football club and more like a Grand Theft … Read more
I used to believe the soul of cricket lived in the dust of a crumbling pitch in Mumbai or the hushed reverence of a Test at Lord’s. I was wrong. If you’re still watching the boundary ropes for the future of this sport, you’re looking in the wrong direction. The real action? It’s buried in … Read more
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. To win, you must suffer. You need to wake up at 4:00 AM, drink raw eggs, and hit forehands until your calluses have calluses. We treat elite performance like a math problem where Effort + Time = Glory. It’s a nice story. It sells sneakers. But it’s … Read more
You could smell the panic. It hung in the Hobart air, thicker than the rain clouds that threatened to wash the whole night away. I’ve covered Big Bash finals for over a decade, sat in press boxes from Perth to the Gabba, and I’ve seen teams lose. But I’ve never seen a team disintegrate quite … Read more