Question 1

What is The Playbook?

Accepted Answer

The Playbook is a personalized daily sports newsletter delivered at 6 AM ET. Subscribers select their teams across 25 leagues — Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A, Ligue 1, MLS, the EFL Championship, the Women's Super League, Liga F, NHL, NBA, WNBA, MLB, NFL, Formula 1, the NASCAR Cup Series, PGA Tour, LPGA Tour, the UFC, the UCI WorldTour, the ATP Tour, the WTA Tour, Premiership Rugby, the United Rugby Championship and the Top 14 — and receive one custom broadsheet that covers only the teams they follow. Each issue includes match recaps, upcoming fixtures, form analysis, standings context, and tactical notes.

Question 2

How is The Playbook different from other sports newsletters?

Accepted Answer

Most sports newsletters are one-size-fits-all — every reader gets the same generic news mix. The Playbook is fully personalized: a Manchester United fan who also follows the New York Rangers and Boston Red Sox gets one email covering exactly those three teams, with no NFL, no PGA, no other Premier League clubs. Coverage is composed daily by an AI pipeline that fetches live data from public sports APIs, then runs a two-dozen-plus-rule fact-check validator before sending.

Question 3

Which sports and leagues does The Playbook cover?

Accepted Answer

The Playbook covers 25 leagues across 11 sports: Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A, Ligue 1, MLS, the EFL Championship, the Women's Super League, and Liga F for soccer; NHL for ice hockey; NBA and the WNBA for basketball; MLB for baseball; NFL for American football; Formula 1 and the NASCAR Cup Series for motorsport; the PGA Tour and the LPGA Tour for golf; the UFC for mixed martial arts; the UCI WorldTour for cycling; the ATP Tour and the WTA Tour for tennis; and Premiership Rugby, the United Rugby Championship and the Top 14 for rugby union. 378 teams are available; subscribers can mix any combination.

Question 4

Is The Playbook free?

Accepted Answer

There are three tiers. The Brief is free and carries 2 teams, both in the paper every day: the lead story, a daily brief on each team, and standings. The middle tier is CA$5.99 a month, or CA$54 a year, for 5 teams, all five in every edition with no rotation, and adds the Analyst's Desk — the longer per-team read with tactical context, statistical depth and editorial framing. Premium is CA$7.99 a month, or CA$72 a year, for up to 25 teams, of which ten appear each morning on a rotation so every team you follow lands at least every third day. Paid checkout is open — readers can subscribe from the upgrade page. Every new signup starts with 7 days of Premium free on the teams they pick, no card needed, and keeps 2 of them free afterwards.

Question 5

When is The Playbook delivered?

Accepted Answer

Every morning at 6 AM Eastern Time. The send is automated by a GitHub Actions cron and is delivered by Resend.

Question 6

How does The Playbook prevent AI hallucinations in sports facts?

Accepted Answer

Every brief passes a two-dozen-plus-rule fact-check validator before sending. The validator catches wrong scores, players incorrectly placed at former teams (e.g. citing a transferred player at his old club), fabricated statistics, impossible game states, and stale historical references. Critical or major violations trigger a re-prompt; if a transferred-player leak survives the retry, the offending sentence is redacted before the email goes out.

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