As Major League Baseball kicks off its new season, SportTechie is offering its preview of the top technology storylines for the next seven months, from first pitch on Opening Day to last out of the World Series, with an assist to MLB executive vice president for strategy, technology and innovation, Chris Marinak, who appeared on the […]
NEW YORK — More than a year ago, NBA commissioner Adam Silver first broached the idea of letting fans purchase just the final minutes of an individual game rather than outlay for its entirety or even a full season-long subscription to League Pass. The league tested that idea on Friday by offering the fourth quarter […]
YouTube TV continued its aggressive play into the sports streaming market with a presenting partnership of the NBA Finals, the first such sponsorship in the league’s history. The logo for the championship series will read, “The Finals presented by YouTube TV,” and the multiyear agreement includes backing of the WNBA and G-League title-crowning series as […]
The Indian Premier League (IPL) is the latest professional sports league to announce the use of a replay system to assist its officials in making the correct call. The IPL has agreed to feature a Decision Review System (DRS) for the 2018 season, which kicks off in early-April. “Yes, this idea has been going around […]
Television cameras spied Australian cricketer Cameron Bancroft rubbing a piece of yellow tape on the cricket ball in a test match against South Africa in Cape Town on Saturday. Bancroft later confessed to trying to use the tape and dirt granules to rough up the ball in an effort to change its flight. He appeared […]
