Last week, the MLB announced that they would be making their new Statcast statistics available to the general public. The MLB wanted to release the information just in time for their All-Star Weekend in Cincinnati, and already they are beginning to flex Statcast’s muscles. The Statcast Twitter account revealed a series of videos of the […]
City Football Group, the controlling organization for Manchester City FC, New York City FC, Melbourne City FC and Yokohama F. Marinos, announced a partnership with SAP today that will see SAP become the official “Cloud Software Provider” for the four football clubs, in addition to being an adviser to City Football Group. SAP, a German […]
The FBI and Justice Department are investigating front-office officials of the St. Louis Cardinals for allegedly hacking into the Houston Astros’ databases to steal personal information, according to a report by the New York Times on Thursday. The hacked databases hold internal communication on trades, statistics and scouting reports. Officials have not yet specified which […]
Analytics is a hot topic in sports today. Pro teams and leagues are on the look out for new ways to use analytics for a plethora of decision making instances — from improving the fan experience and building sponsorships to making better draft picks and predicting injuries. Everyone recalls the Moneyball story about how the […]
STATS LLC, a sports technology, data and content company, announced today that it will be joining forces with MVPindex, a social media intelligence platform, in order to offer new NFL content to their clients. The merger will combine MVPindex’s social media brand values of the NFL and NFL teams with STATS’ NFL content and data, […]
