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Detroit Lions Become First NFL Team To Use Apple Indoor Positioning In App

Fans attending Detroit Lions games at Ford Field can use an innovative new feature in the team’s official app to find directions to their seats or locate restrooms, concessions and merchandise vendors. Pittsburgh-based developer YinzCam, which launched the Lions app in 2012, incorporated Apple Indoor Positioning to help fans navigate the downtown Detroit venue. The […]

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How NFL Trackers Could Permanently Change Football

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — It was just the play that took the wind out of the New York Giants’ sails in their Monday night game against the Detroit Lions at MetLife Stadium. Rookie Jamal Agnew fielded a punt less than a minute into the fourth quarter, dodged seven Giants players and ran what was called […]

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Detroit Lions’ Don Carey Hosts STEAM Day, Football Camp

Detroit Lions safety Don Carey is embracing a healthy combination of education and football. On Saturday, he hosted a day of football training camp and learning in the science, tech, engineering, arts and math (STEAM) fields at Martin Luther King, Jr. High School in Detroit. According to the Lions, the six-hour program benefited 250 students […]

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Ex-NFL QB Charlie Batch, Sports Medicine Company Impellia Partner With Michigan Athletics

Former NFL quarterback Charlie Batch and his sports medicine company Impellia, which focuses on injury prevention, rehabilitation and performance optimization, are exploring “wide-scale implementation” with Michigan Athletics and its 900-plus student-athletes, it was announced Tuesday. The two entities will be working together to analyze product data while the Pittsburgh-based startup Impellia receives feedback from University of Michigan […]

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