Catapult is continuing to bring its wearable data to live sports broadcasts with the tech company’s latest partnership with Cricket Australia on a nine-match agreement. The statistics gleaned from Catapult’s GPS devices will be presented in the sponsored Gatorade Tracker during Channel Nine coverage that began with the recently completed fifth test of the Ashes […]
NEW YORK — The Nebraska men’s basketball team was ranked No. 13 out of the 14 Big Ten teams in the unofficial conference media poll in the preseason, but coach Tim Miles was not discouraged. “Lucky 13, I like it,” Miles quipped last month at media day. “Right where we need to be. We’ve got […]
NBA commissioner Adam Silver raised some eyebrows in the month before the start of the season when he brought up Twitch. At Recode’s Code Conference, Silver again highlighted Twitch, describing it as a place where the streams are filled with the chatter of fans and all sorts of information appearing on the screen. He did so […]
When the NHL permitted the use of three Apple iPad Pros on the bench for mid-game video review during last year’s playoffs, the league wasn’t sure how much or even who would utilize the technology. The presumption was that the tablets running iBench, the app designed to carry XOS Digital’s Thunder video product, would generally […]
As wearable GPS devices proliferate to lower rungs of professional teams on down to amateur clubs, this accessibility of tracking information can make the average weekend warrior in a recreational league wonder how he or she stacks up against a favored star from the elite European leagues. Catapult Sports, whose acquisition of Playertek has broadened […]
