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Friday, July 3, 2026
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● NPR • 3 July 2026 • 9:03 PM
Lionel Messi is arguably the greatest soccer scorer of all time. But when it comes to penalty kicks, Messi is merely average. Why? Maybe the answer involves game theory.According to game theory, there’s an optimal strategy for taking penalty kicks. This strategy involves an idea that was once somewhat controversial in economics — that is, until economists started studying soccer players in real life. On today's show, we kick it over to the hosts of the Soccernomics podcast to explain how game theory has changed soccer, and how soccer has changed game theory. Watch the penalty shootout between Manchester United and Chelsea in the Champions League final in 2008. Support:Planet Money+Read: Our book: Planet Money: A Guide to the Economic Forces That Shape Your Life Our weekly longform Planet Money newsletterOur weekly Indicator round-up newsletterFollow: InstagramTikTokYouTubeFacebook This episode of Planet Money was produced by Emma Peaslee with help from James Sneed. It was edited by Jess Jiang. It was fact checked by Sierra Juarez and engineered by Annlie Huang. Alex Goldmark is our executive producer.The Soccernomics episode was originally hosted by Ashish Malhotra, Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski and sound designed by Alex Roldan.
● NPR • 3 July 2026 • 9:03 AM
The Airbnb-style company Swimply said there have been about 275,000 private pool reservations so far this year.
● AP • 3 July 2026 • 4:27 AM
Shares have rallied in Asia after the Dow Jones Industrial Average set another record, as some key AI related stocks rose while others extended losses.
● AP • 2 July 2026 • 1:27 PM
Tesla car sales rose over the past three months for the second straight quarter in a possible sign the worst of the boycotts against company and lost market share to rivals are behind it.
● AP • 2 July 2026 • 1:12 PM
A rush rescue mission to save a NASA space telescope remains grounded, this time because of a last-minute launch problem.
