If you’ve ever tried to improve your golf swing, you know it can be a frustrating, often fruitless endeavor. Square your shoulders. Use your hips. Follow through. Those frequently parroted guidelines can seem impossible to master, especially since many golf instructors have conflicting ideas about what they actually mean. However, researchers at one company have […]
MELVILLE, N.Y. — In a mid-sized office building in the suburbs of Long Island, a company called LBi Software, with its sports-focused division LBi Dynasty, has been stealthily building scouting software for Major League Baseball since the late 1990s. Now, after moving to a shiny new office in November meant to accommodate a growing team […]
The Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) will soon be receiving robust data solutions. A partnership has been formed making Beitai Digital the league’s official and exclusive data service provider. Beitai, an exclusive partner of Sportradar, will develop data products and services for the league and its fans. “For us, this deal is a proud culmination of all […]
While baseball is a statistician’s dream with its series of discrete actions across the field, the development of comparable analytics in football is hindered by the complexity of formations and events — what the president of EdjSports has called “a probability atom bomb” — not to mention the scoring of points in varying increments, yet […]
Every person who has gone to a live sporting event has struggled with Internet connection at some point. It makes sense: pack tens of thousands of people in close quarters, with smartphones in the pockets of the vast majority, and networks become congested quick. The Super Bowl is the single largest American sporting event and […]
