
Sporting Past
When a Match Became a Bracket
Knockout brackets turn a field of entrants into a visible route to a champion. Learn how rounds, byes and seeding…
Trace the histories behind familiar sporting customs and objects.

Knockout brackets turn a field of entrants into a visible route to a champion. Learn how rounds, byes and seeding…
A ground, a ball, a rule and a crowd each tell part of sport’s story. We slow down to notice how those parts fit together.