Baseball technology and motion analytics company Diamond Kinetics announced Tuesday that the Louisville and Vanderbilt baseball programs would be the initial “Premier Collegiate Partners.” The new relationship will see both programs use sensor technology not only provided by Diamond Kinetics, but also its partners Axon Sports and HitTrax Baseball — the first and only baseball simulator. […]
Due to a number of high-profile incidents in the ring last year, boxing finds itself once more under the microscope concerning fighters’ health and safety. Nick Blackwell, an English fighter, was placed in an induced coma following a fight he lost in March. In November, German boxer Eduard Gutknecht, collapsed following a loss and was also […]
Virtual Green announced Monday it had partnered with Golf Channel to bring its indoor golf technology into studio shows beginning this month. Golf Channel’s on-air talent and instructors will use Virtual Green’s adjustable, automated putting surfaces as part of the network’s programming. The new putting green in Golf Channel’s main studio can create multiple breaks on […]
The following interview is part of our ongoing Expert Series that asks C-level professionals, team presidents, league executives, athletic directors and other sports influencers about their latest thoughts and insights on new technologies impacting the sports industry. Paulo Ferreira dos Santos is the Founder and CEO of Kinematix, a Portuguese-based sports technology startup that builds wearable devices that […]
It’s 2016, and still, women are constantly told that they are inferior to men. A World Economic Forum report this year predicted that economic equality of the sexes will not be achieved for 170 years. The Census Bureau calculates that on average, an American woman in 2014 made 79 cents for every dollar a man […]
