Baltimore, MD. — As the Olympics are now less than a month away, athletes from all over the world are getting prepared to compete to fulfill their athletic dreams in Rio next month. As always, athletes continue to utilize technology in their training programs and anything they can legally take advantage of to give them the […]
The Tour de France just got a whole lot easier to track and watch. With the creation of Race Center, from Dimension Data and Amaury Sport Organization (A.S.O.), viewers can track race data, video, social media feeds combined with a live tracking website. Race Center runs on Dimension Data’s cloud platform and was created in partnership […]
Cyber hackers recently hit a NASCAR team head-on. Circle Sport-Leavine Family Racing’s (CSLFR) valuable driver, course and car data were infiltrated by ransomware. The occurrence highlights the evermore concerning cybersecurity issue in professional sports. A recent article on NASCAR.com broke the CSLFR ransomware story. Before an important race in April, crew chief Dave Winston’s computer was hacked. Vital […]
Manchester City FC, one of the world’s most technologically focused soccer teams (or perhaps group of teams), is set to make another innovative first for a club. In conjunction with two tech companies with which they have partnerships, Opta Pro and ChyronHego, Manchester City are hosting a hackathon at the City Football Academy in Manchester from […]
As everyone in the sports industry knows, data analysis has become one of the most important pursuits of which a team and league can devote resources. To quote Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank, “Data is the new oil.” This new data worshipping in sports has meant major opportunities for anyone trained in data science and […]
