For many years, hockey coaches have known that goaltenders focus on numerous moving objects while the opposing offense passes the puck from player to player. They surmised that the best goaltenders seamlessly switch from a focused, central vision to peripheral vision and back again. Instead of speculating from afar about a goalie’s vision and thought […]
A new scouting platform built by a teenager in Delhi and adopted by the All India Football Federation (AIFF) last month seeks to level the playing field in India by unearthing talent in rural regions that might have otherwise been overlooked. Kush Pandey, a 17-year-old soccer player, came up with the idea for ScoutMe […]
Catapult, the industry leader for elite athlete wearable technology, has completed a new round of funding to bolster its plans to target more first-tier clubs and to grow further into the amateur and semi-pro markets. The Australian company announced last week that it had raised $25 million AUD — a little more than $19 million […]
At the Masters Tournament this weekend, IBM will use its artificial intelligence Watson to sift through hundreds of hours of play and produce customized video highlights for fans. IBM this week introduced an automated, personalized highlight reel service called “My Moments” that will be available to fans for free through Masters.com and the tournament’s iPhone […]
Dell and Intel have announced multi-year partnerships with NBA 2K League, the new esports league of the National Basketball Association, that make Dell’s Alienware gaming PCs powered by Intel processors the exclusively-used hardware for league tournaments. As part of the deal with NBA 2k, the first official esports league operated by a U.S. professional sports […]
