Much is expected of high school coaches. They’re pressed with the delicate balance of developing the player while keeping a keen eye on developing each student as a person. Oftentimes, and rightfully so, precedent falls on the latter. Still, with the high-level of competitiveness in high school sports, schools are looking for an edge. That’s why PlaySight, […]
Zebra Technologies and Wilson Sporting Goods announced Thursday that every NFL game football this season would have an embedded RFID tag to track location, speed and rotation metrics. Though some data points will be exclusive to teams, other statistics will be included in television broadcasts and potentially tabulated in NFL.com leaderboards. This technology debuted at […]
While all of the attention at Fenway Park on Tuesday night centered on the Boston Red Sox’ reported use of an Apple Watch to steal the rival New York Yankees’s signs, a different technology made its debut at baseball’s oldest stadium: virtual reality. Intel has been producing a national game of the week broadcast in […]
NEW YORK — Super Bowl LIII isn’t for another 17 months but with its host venue now operational — the ultra-modern Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta — CBS Sports is already preparing its broadcast with its first site visit next week. Executive producer Harold Bryant said his crew will start scouting studio set locations and camera […]
NEW YORK — Tracy Wolfson’s preparation for a football game can start weeks in advance. As the sideline reporter for CBS’ top NFL broadcast team, she is charged with everything from reporting human interest anecdotes about the players to probing coaches on strategy during the game. The job requires voracious reading, and anytime she reads […]
