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Alabama Football Experiments With Cryotherapy

The piece of technology that LeBron James made famous, the cryotherapy chamber, has resurfaced once again; this time, in . The cryotherapy chamber is more-or-less the ice bath on steroids. Within a matter of seconds, the chamber can go from room temperature all the way down to -166 degrees Fahrenheit thanks to a nitrogen mist […]

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Could Uber And Lyft End Stadium Parking Woes?

When attending a sporting event, the parking lot can be a place of great despair. The long walk to and from the stadium, surrounded by sweaty strangers babbling nonsense about the away team isn’t fun for anyone. If the team you came to see wins, you’re stuck in traffic on the way out, trying to […]

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IBM Super Computer Watson Will Help You Dominate in Fantasy Football

IBM’s famed Watson, a computer system of artificial intelligence, has moved on from his Jeopardy winning days. Now, Watson is being put to use to rule the world of fantasy football. Edge Up Sports, a sports analytics website, is working with IBM to create a Watson-powered fantasy football app. The app is developed as part […]

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Dolphins Owner Invests $1 Million in Drone Racing League

Commonly referred to as the worst movie of the Star Wars saga, “Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace” does have one redeeming feature—pod racing. Ask anybody of a certain age, including this writer, and they will tell you of their numerous vivid dreams of being inside one of those machines, and racing it across […]

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