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Sports media is a flood of takes, score recaps, and debates recycled until the next one. The coverage worth reading sits inside a much noisier conversation.

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The beat covers the major North American leagues (NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL) at the level of storylines and analysis rather than score recapping, along with soccer globally including the Premier League and Champions League, and the sports business layer that increasingly shapes what happens on the field: media rights, stadium deals, player contracts, and ownership decisions. Owl Post reads beat reporters who cover specific teams and leagues daily, analytics outlets that do original work, and the business press covering the industry.

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Cablegate: should Jude Bellingham’s first goal against Norway have been disallowed?

Midfielder got England back on level terms in fine fashion but pictures suggest illegal interference in the buildup Norway’s goalkeeper, Ørjan Håskjold Nyland, launches a goal-kick down the pitch two minutes into stoppage time at the end of the first half. The ball falls just inside England’s half, near the touchline, where Elliot Anderson is able to gather possession and drive forward.

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Mark Foster looks back: ‘After my first Olympics, I was working as a groundsman, lifeguard and glazier. I thought the swimming was over’

The former world champion swimmer turned BBC commentator on 5am starts with his mum, a Jaws epiphany, and why he struggled to come out Born in Billericay, Essex, in 1970, Mark Foster is a former competitive swimmer and winner of 51 major international medals, including six world titles, two Commonwealth Games golds and 11 European titles. He represented the UK at five Olympic Games, and broke eight world records. He works as a commentator for the BBC during major sporting events. Foster’s memoir, My Double Life, is out now. This was taken in a park in Southend, presumably – as the trunks suggest – near a swimming pool. I would have been with both of my big sisters and my mum. I was always stupidly smiley and never took life seriously.

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Brendon McCullum ‘gutted’ after being sacked as England Test coach

ECB moves after Ben Stokes’s retirement McCullum will stay on as white-ball coach Brendon McCullum has been sacked as the England men’s Test coach, with the England and Wales Cricket Board opting for a completely fresh start for the side following the recent retirement of the red-ball captain, Ben Stokes. The decision came one day after McCullum guided England to the top of the T20 rankings, and he will continue to coach the men’s white-ball teams. McCullum said he was “gutted” after being told his services are no longer required, and he will not be involved in preparations for the three-match series against Pakistan in August and September, by which time the ECB hope to have appointed a replacement.

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