NEW YORK — Within the VR headset, I look down and see a home plate and two batter’s boxes, as one would expect in any old baseball video game, but when I look right, I see the aquarium embedded into the backstop of Marlins Park. Looking left toward the outfield, the infamous monstrosity circus prop […]
The University of California, Berkeley and Riot Games have announced a partnership to launch the inaugural League of Legends (LoL) Intramural Esports League this fall and to provide scholarships to student-athletes on the UC Berkeley LoL team. UC Berkeley is one of Pac-12’s leading proponents of esports, having offered the competitions through intramural programs for […]
Pop quiz, draftnik. As Bleacher Report’s trio of NFL draft analysts prepare for their extended Facebook Live coverage of the seven-round event, a producer is periodically sent into the room with a scenario: “The Buccaneers just traded the No. 7 pick to the Bills, who are now on the clock. Go.” “We spend a lot […]
Sports scientist and biomechanist Juan Delgado sits with Bram to discuss how the New York Sports Science Lab works with athletes of all ages to improve training and performance. From “getting in the zone” to “slowing the game down”, hear how scientists are examining athlete behavior to maximize results. That and much more, on the […]
An independent review panel commissioned by tennis’ international governing bodies to investigate match-fixing and gambling-linked corruption revealed its preliminary findings on Wednesday with 12 recommendations, one of which was the partial cessation of a live data rights deal with Sportradar — to which the company offered an immediate rebuttal. The interim report quoted one official deeming […]
