In a new online series by STATSports, ‘Behind The Science’ with Matt Taberner, Everton FC’s Head of Sports Science, provides us with a unique look at how a modern club prepares for match day. When it comes to elite sport and the coaching staff in particular, it’s difficult to find a harder working group of […]
Felix and Paul Studios, a Montreal-based company, is an industry-leading technology platform for virtual reality filming. Together with Facebook, Felix and Paul Studios are releasing a five episode series, “Striving for Greatness,” staring LeBron James. The first video, published on September 23, takes fans into a 360-degree representation of James’ training. It puts you right into […]
Sports, universally, are watched live. Yet, there’s a segment of fans that are dependent on their DVRs, catching up on games later or fast-forwarding them. Power users try to predict which matchups could go to overtime and schedule their systems to record by an extra hour or so. However, oftentimes, these thrilling games tend to […]
In preparation for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Japan has launched the Japan Sports Agency, a 121-person institution dedicated to improving athletic performance. Launched by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the agency is led by commissioner Daichi Suzuki, the winner of the 100-meter backstroke at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Suzuki is confident […]
The 2015 NBA Finals had over 98 million video views. There are 33 NBA players with more than one million fans on Facebook, led by LeBron James with 33 million fans; these are staggering numbers that the NBA could not ignore. Since working with Facebook in 2007, the NBA has been able to target more […]
