Statistical metrics in the NFL have done a good job of telling the story for skill position players, but not necessarily for the nuances associated with offensive and defensive positions, whose talents are best measured with unconventional methods. The players’ intangible skills and presence can be difficult to convey to fans in comparison to historically […]
ShotTracker, developed by Davyeon Ross and Bruce Ianni, is a wearable technology for basketball that tracks every made, missed, and attempted shot. This technology has just recently reached their 1 millionth shot tracked, a major milestone for the company. For the past month, ShotTracker has monitored every shot taken in order to countdown to the 1 […]
Although analytics in sports may seem like a work-in-progress strategy for teams and athletes alike, some are thinking about its next evolution already. The major tenets of what’s been colloquially coined moneyball – science, data, and analytics – have been employed by those using them to redefine how they evaluate in-game performance. Old school agents […]
Manchester United has announced they will be upgrading their digital offerings to their 659 million global followers (let that number sink in) via a historic partnership with HCL Technologies. The partnership will have HCL Technologies become the “Official Digital Transformation Partner” of Manchester United. With this HCL and United will create a United Xperience Lab which will be held […]
During this year’s U.S Open International Business Machines (IBM) and the U.S Tennis Association (USTA) are revealing cutting edge technologies for fans to keep up throughout the tournament. The technologies are designed to capture, analyze, and deliver real-time scores and insights to let every tennis fan follow each match in real-time while also bringing predictive analytics, cloud, mobile […]
