For some 2018 U.S. Winter Olympians, their origin stories almost seem inevitable. There is British-born but American-raised freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy, who grew up in Telluride, Colorado, one of the skiing capitals of the country, if not the world. It would’ve been more surprising had the 2014 Olympic men’s freestyle skiing silver medalist not begun […]
StubHub is bringing U.S. Bank Stadium to life with augmented reality, as the online ticket marketplace on Tuesday released an iOS app update in time for potential Super Bowl ticket buyers to check out an immersive view of the venue before the New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles play in the big game. The AR feature […]
When St. Bonaventure High standout softball player Kalene Egedi tried to walk on to the powerhouse Texas A&M team in 2011, the coach made what should have been a rather perfunctory request to see her high school stats and videos. With the help of her father, Pete, they scoured the Internet for news clippings, box […]
The Associated Press continues to incorporate automation into its global sports coverage by partnering with Arkadium on the use of its InHabit artificial intelligence tool to generate interactive content into pro and college football and college basketball stories. Arkadium’s patent-pending technology will ingest articles on AP’s news wire and incorporate an interactive data visualization, or […]
PHILADELPHIA — Soccer is perhaps at its most exciting when its biggest stars — think Neymar, Messi and Luis Suárez — are dribbling through the defense and firing shots into the net from any conceivable angle and position. What most fans likely don’t notice is how those players are set up for opportunities by the […]
