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Tra passione e fanatismo, la violenza nelle curve e i legami segreti con le organizzazioni mafiose. Un fenomeno come quello degli ultrà in Italia non ha eguali nel resto dEuropa. Organizzati e violenti, molti di questi gruppi si sono trasformati negli anni in vere e proprie bande criminali, coinvolte in episodi di bagarinaggio, spaccio di droga e omicidi. Come accade per gli hooligan in Inghilterra e i club di motociclisti americani, spesso la criminalità organizzata o l'ultradestra si sovrappongono agli ultrà.

In Scorecasting, University of Chicago behavioral economist Tobias Moskowitz teams up with veteran Sports Illustrated writer L. Jon Wertheim to overturn some of the most cherished truisms of sports, and reveal the hidden forces that shape how basketball, baseball, football, and hockey games are...

Using the tips, truths, and stats they explore in their New York Times bestseller Scorecasting, two dads pack super sports savvy and important math and financial concepts into a fun and heartwarming first novel for kids. New kid Mitch Sloan wants to fit in, but his nerdy love of statistics and...

Italy's ultras are the most organised and violent fans in European football. Many groups have evolved into criminal gangs, involved in ticket-touting, drug-dealing and murder. A cross between the Hells Angels and hooligans, they're often the foot-soldiers of the Mafia and have been instrumental in the rise of the far-right. But the purist ultras say that they are insurgents fighting against a police state and modern football. Only amongst the ultras, they say, can you find belonging, community and a sacred concept of sport.