A selection of the best sporting data articles from around the globe, each week.

AFL

Season 2019 started full of intrigue with a host of new rules implemented by AFL house.

The new “6-6-6 rule” might have been a headline grabber in the early weeks of the 2019 AFL season, but leading into the 2019 season is more akin to a “6-4 6-4 6-4” scoreline.

That’s right, thinking about footy more like tennis. Wait, what?

From: InsightLane

One of the big topics of the week was how effective and/or efficient possession has been.

No AFL footballer has conceded more points from turnovers this year than Essendon's big-name midfield recruit, Dylan Shiel, says Marc McGowan of AFL.com.au:

NBA

The 3-point movement has come, in one way or another, to every team in the NBA. 

All but three teams set records this season for 3-point attempts. By Kevin Quealy, New York Times.

SOCCER

Barcelona is Lionel Messi at this point, and game-planning to stop Barcelona is now as simple as figuring out how to stop Messi. 

Which has, of course, never been simple, writes Michael Caley atFIVETHIRTYEIGHT.

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