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Grass-Court Players Who Mastered Fast Conditions
Grass-Court Players Who Mastered Fast Conditions
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3 in common: Novak Djokovic, Björn Borg and 1 more
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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Clay-Court Specialists with Distinctive Playing Styles
Clay-Court Specialists with Distinctive Playing Styles
by pitch_side  • 
2 in common: Chris Evert and Björn Borg
Clay slows the ball, raises the bounce and lets players slide into their shots, so it rewards patience, heavy topspin, movement and the ability to build a point over ten or fifteen shots. This...
Sports
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Male Celebrities Who Expanded Red Carpet Fashion
Male Celebrities Who Expanded Red Carpet Fashion
by list_wrangler  • 
In common: Lewis Hamilton
For decades the men's red carpet meant a black tuxedo with little room for change. The men here widened it, not with one viral outfit but with years of experimenting: gowns and skirts, sheer...
Celebrities
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British Politicians with Significant Careers Before Westminster
British Politicians with Significant Careers Before Westminster
by list_wrangler  • 
In common: Sebastian Coe
Complaints about a political class of career advisers and special advisers are common, so it is worth looking at the MPs who did something substantial first: mined coal, ran a union, won Olympic...
Politics
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Tennis Returners Who Neutralised Great Servers
Tennis Returners Who Neutralised Great Servers
by pitch_side  • 
2 in common: Novak Djokovic and Chris Evert
A big serve wins free points; a great returner takes them back. This list is for players who did it week after week rather than in one famous match: where they stood, how early they read the toss...
Sports
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Sportspeople with Remarkable Records at World Championships
Sportspeople with Remarkable Records at World Championships
by pitch_side  • 
2 in common: Lewis Hamilton and Allyson Felix
A world title means different things in different sports. Some championships come once a season, some every year and some only every other year, and a few, like Formula One's, are decided over a...
Sports
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Athletes Who Excelled in Individual and Team Competition
Athletes Who Excelled in Individual and Team Competition
by pitch_side  • 
2 in common: Allyson Felix and 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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Basketball Passers Who Made Teammates Better
Basketball Passers Who Made Teammates Better
by pitch_side  • 
In common: Magic Johnson
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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Surfers Whose Styles Changed Competitive Expectations
Surfers Whose Styles Changed Competitive Expectations
by pitch_side  • 
In common: Kelly Slater
Competitive surfing is judged, so what wins depends on what judges are taught to reward, and the surfers on this list changed that. Shorter boards made power turns possible; twin fins and...
Sports
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Grand Tour Riders with Distinctive Racing Styles
Grand Tour Riders with Distinctive Racing Styles
by pitch_side  • 
In common: Fausto Coppi
Three weeks of racing can be won in very different ways: by gaining minutes in time trials and defending in the mountains, by attacking on every climb, or by letting a strong team set the pace...
Sports
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American Football Players Who Redefined Their Position
American Football Players Who Redefined Their Position
by pitch_side  • 
In common: Peyton Manning
American football is a game of specialists, and every so often one player changes what a position is expected to do: the receiver who invented route-running, the linebacker who made the pass rush...
Sports
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Athletes Who Returned to Elite Competition After Major Injury
Athletes Who Returned to Elite Competition After Major Injury
by pitch_side  • 
In common: Peyton Manning
Some injuries end careers. These athletes suffered serious, publicly documented injuries, from car crashes and broken bones to torn ligaments and repeated surgery, and came back to win at the...
Sports
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Athletes Who Became Influential Sporting Administrators
Athletes Who Became Influential Sporting Administrators
by pitch_side  • 
In common: Sebastian Coe
Some of the most consequential careers in sport began on the field and continued in boardrooms: running the Olympic movement, governing bodies, national ministries and the organisations that...
Sports
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Sportspeople Who Built Long Careers Through Adaptation
Sportspeople Who Built Long Careers Through Adaptation
by pitch_side  • 
In common: Roger Federer
Lasting a long time is not the same as staying good. The people on this list stayed at or near the top for unusually long careers because they changed something: a new position, a rebuilt...
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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Middle-Distance Runners with Exceptional Racing Instincts
Middle-Distance Runners with Exceptional Racing Instincts
by pitch_side  • 
In common: Sebastian Coe
Championship 800 m and 1500 m races are rarely time trials. They are decided by positioning, by who takes the lead and when, by escaping a box on the inside and by judging the last 200 metres...
Sports
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Sprinters Whose Technique Is Worth Studying
Sprinters Whose Technique Is Worth Studying
by pitch_side  • 
In common: Allyson Felix
Sprinting looks simple until you slow the footage down. This list picks sprinters whose starts, acceleration, top-speed mechanics or bend running reward a closer look, from Jesse Owens to the...
Sports
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Football Playmakers Who Saw Passes Others Missed
Football Playmakers Who Saw Passes Others Missed
by pitch_side  • 
In common: Lionel Messi
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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Wingers Who Made One-on-One Duels an Art
Wingers Who Made One-on-One Duels an Art
by pitch_side  • 
In common: Lionel Messi
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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Footballers Who Mastered More Than One Position
Footballers Who Mastered More Than One Position
by pitch_side  • 
In common: Lionel Messi
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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