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Sports Commentary

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Title text: The plural of anecdote may not be data, but the singular of data is anecdote.

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This comic was published 11 days into the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

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[Cueball and Ponytail are sitting at a table. On the wall behind them is a screen showing a soccer field with some unreadable score information above it.]

Cueball: They could be in trouble. Over the last 36 years, they've gone 0 for 2 when they've scored in the 37th minute to lead 2-1 against a team whose country comes before theirs alphabetically.

[Caption below comic:] I wish sports commentators hadn't discovered P-hacking.

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