The NBA Playoffs are upon us and players are laying it all on the line for the ultimate goal, an NBA Championship. Hustle plays, average speed and defensive impact can change the momentum of the game. These are stats that do not show up in the book that will ultimately decide who gets to hoist […]
The Champion Duke Blue Devils might have gone into March Madness with one of the best starting five in the game and one of the greatest coaches of all time, but their success can also be attributed to some useful technology. STATS’s SportsVU is a system of six cameras and STATS proprietary software which calibrates […]
The National Basketball Association is a league that has utilized technology and statistics to change the way the game is understood and enjoyed. In fact, the NBA was actually the first major American sports league to invest heavily in player-tracking technology. The catwalks of every NBA arena contain six SportVU cameras to track the moves […]
2014 was a landmark year for technology in sports. The Super Bowl reached its largest digital audience ever. The Sochi Winter Olympics displayed innovative new technology at every hairpin, half-melted turn. And the FIFA World Cup set a precedent for the global sport of soccer by putting technology at the forefront of the game on […]
Hockey isn’t exactly the most gentle of sports. Games have been known to get a bit messy, and they have certainly never been accused of being slow-paced. Injuries are frequent and, while some add to the charm of the game, there is a line. In the stands or on the couch, many people find the […]
