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Intelligence planning, disciplined execution, and an improbable knockout

Intelligence planning, disciplined execution, and an improbable knockout

Posted by By AJ Uhlmann 2026-04-06Posted inAgainst the odds, Real-Life Stories
When We Were Kings - 30 years on This year marks three decades since the release of When We Were Kings, the Academy Award winning documentary account of the “Rumble in the Jungle” – the World Heavyweight title fight between challenger Muhammad Ali and defending title holder George Foreman in…
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Fosbury at 1968 Olympic Trials

The Fosbury Flop: On analytics and strategic surprise

Posted by By AJ Uhlmann 2026-03-07Posted inAgainst the odds, Real-Life Stories
One of the limitations of sports analytics is that they easily capture what is measurable, but often exclude what is not. A scout vising Medford High School in early 1963 in search for the next high-jump prodigy would have understandably ignored the tall, clumsy underachiever who went by the name…
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