The NCAA inked a 10-year data and technology deal with Genius Sports on Monday that will centralize the collegiate league’s data collection and look for new ways to monetize. The same day, the U.S. Supreme Court moved to legalize sports betting. In a partnership that will affect more than 1,100 member institutions, Genius Sports will […]
In the Middle Ages, knights had young—human—squires as personal assistants. In the modern age, most of us commoners rely on digital assistants such as Siri. And now, fans of polo, aka “The Sport of Kings,” will get the help of artificial intelligence, too. Oracle announced today that Heineken Urban Polo, a series of polo tournaments […]
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling struck down a federal prohibition of sports betting on Monday and will allow all states to regulate the sports gambling industry. The 6-3 decision in Murphy v. NCAA written by Justice Samuel Alito declared that the 1992 Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) violated the 10th Amendment’s anticommandeering rule […]
The criticality discipline of nuclear engineering is a lot like scouting, sort of. In one, you need to project the state of radioactive materials and predict what might happen in all possible scenarios. In the other, you need to forecast the current skills and abilities of young athletes and find the future Hall of Famers. […]
On Saturday, the board of USA Swimming moved forward a plan to ban tech swimming suits for juniors younger than 13. The proposal will now go to a vote by the organization’s house of delegates in September. The suits are believed to give swimmers a significant edge over opponents wearing lower-tech clothing, but put an […]
