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Footballers Who Mastered More Than One Position
Footballers Who Mastered More Than One Position
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3 in common: Ryan Giggs, Cristiano Ronaldo and 1 more
Playing somewhere once is easy to overstate. Each of these footballers took sustained responsibility in two distinct roles and made a useful skill travel between them. Some moved permanently...
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Football Playmakers Who Saw Passes Others Missed
Football Playmakers Who Saw Passes Others Missed
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2 in common: Luka Modrić and Andrea Pirlo
The pass that changes a match often begins before the ball arrives: a glance, a movement into space, or the patience to wait for a runner. These 25 players show different versions of that...
Sports
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Celebrities with Serious Work in Documentary Production
Celebrities with Serious Work in Documentary Production
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: LeBron James
A famous name on a documentary poster can mean anything from a narration fee to years of producing work. This list is about the second kind: actors, musicians, athletes, a former president and...
Celebrities
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People Who Built a New Career in a Different Country
People Who Built a New Career in a Different Country
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Martina Navratilova
Moving countries usually means starting again: a new language, unrecognised qualifications, new networks and sometimes hostility. This list follows writers, inventors, dancers, filmmakers, cooks...
People
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Set-Piece Specialists Worth Studying
Set-Piece Specialists Worth Studying
by pitch_side  • 
2 in common: Cristiano Ronaldo and Andrea Pirlo
A dead ball is a small tactical contest: distance, angle, wall, goalkeeper and the movement of teammates all matter. These players offered a repeatable answer, whether striking at goal, delivering...
Sports
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Footballers Who Hit New Heights After 30
Footballers Who Hit New Heights After 30
by pitch_side  • 
2 in common: Luka Modrić and Andrea Pirlo
Football careers do not follow one reliable ageing curve. These players produced a sustained new level, a remarkable scoring season or their biggest individual recognition after turning thirty...
Sports
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Grass-Court Players Who Mastered Fast Conditions
Grass-Court Players Who Mastered Fast Conditions
by pitch_side  • 
2 in common: Martina Navratilova and Roger Federer
Grass keeps the ball low and skidding, so points are short and the first two shots matter most: the serve, the return and the first volley or groundstroke after them. Conditions have also changed...
Sports
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Basketball Players Who Reinvented Their Game with Age
Basketball Players Who Reinvented Their Game with Age
by pitch_side  • 
In common: Vince Carter
Athleticism fades; the players on this list found something else to sell. Each one made a documented change in role or technique, a new jump shot, a move to the bench, a slower post game, and...
Sports
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Fast Bowlers with Distinctive Methods
Fast Bowlers with Distinctive Methods
by pitch_side  • 
In common: James Anderson (cricketer)
Fast bowling looks like one skill from the boundary, but the great quicks got their wickets in very different ways: raw speed, late swing, relentless line, reverse swing, a sling or a yorker. This...
Sports
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Football Captains Admired for More Than Trophy Counts
Football Captains Admired for More Than Trophy Counts
by pitch_side  • 
In common: Paolo Maldini
An armband does not make a leader, and a trophy cabinet does not prove one. These captains are here for things they demonstrably did: organising team-mates, standing up to federations, setting...
Sports
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Basketball Passers Who Made Teammates Better
Basketball Passers Who Made Teammates Better
by pitch_side  • 
In common: LeBron James
Assist totals tell you who handled the ball; they do not tell you who made a defence move the wrong way. This list rewards the reads, timing and manipulation that turned ordinary team-mates into...
Sports
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Marathon Runners with Distinctive Career Stories
Marathon Runners with Distinctive Career Stories
by pitch_side  • 
In common: Eliud Kipchoge
There is more than one way to become a great marathon runner. Some arrived from the track with world titles already won, some built careers around championship tactics, some chased the clock...
Sports
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One-Club Footballers with Remarkable Careers
One-Club Footballers with Remarkable Careers
by pitch_side  • 
In common: Paolo Maldini
A single badge can contain very different football lives: serial champions, players who stayed through relegation, and careers ended early by injury. This selection covers retired players whose...
Sports
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Players Who Carried Underdog Nations at Major Tournaments
Players Who Carried Underdog Nations at Major Tournaments
by pitch_side  • 
In common: Luka Modrić
Every major tournament has a team nobody expected to see in the second week, and usually one player whose performances made the run believable. This list collects those players from men's and...
Sports
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Women's Tennis Players with Remarkable Tactical Variety
Women's Tennis Players with Remarkable Tactical Variety
by pitch_side  • 
In common: Martina Navratilova
Power and endurance win plenty of matches, but this list is for players who won by changing the problem: slice followed by topspin, a drop shot after three deep balls, a serve-volley point out of...
Sports
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Tennis Players with Beautiful One-Handed Backhands
Tennis Players with Beautiful One-Handed Backhands
by pitch_side  • 
In common: Roger Federer
This is an openly aesthetic list: players whose one-handed backhand is a pleasure to watch, from Ken Rosewall's slice to Lorenzo Musetti's topspin. Beauty is not the same as effectiveness, and the...
Sports
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Athletes Who Excelled in Individual and Team Competition
Athletes Who Excelled in Individual and Team Competition
by pitch_side  • 
In common: Roger Federer
Many sports run individual and team events side by side: singles and doubles, individual races and relays, the all-around final and the team final, a golfer's majors and the Ryder Cup. Excelling...
Sports
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Wingers Who Made One-on-One Duels an Art
Wingers Who Made One-on-One Duels an Art
by pitch_side  • 
In common: Cristiano Ronaldo
The most revealing moment is often just before the winger moves. These players made an isolated defender choose between two uncomfortable outcomes: concede the outside lane, protect the inside, or...
Sports
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Sports Captains with Distinct Approaches to Leadership
Sports Captains with Distinct Approaches to Leadership
by pitch_side  • 
More from pitch_side
Captaincy means different things in different sports, and the best captains have led in very different ways: by example and few words, by detailed planning, through a group of senior players or by...
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