My latest post at TechGraphs examines some of the legal and technological questions raised in Payne v. MLB, a recently filed lawsuit seeking more safety netting in baseball stadiums, and asks whether past events in the hockey world might provide a helpful lesson.
The full post is available here.
A collaborative effort this week, my latest post for TechGraphs highlights news stories from the worlds of golf, hockey, tennis, football, bionic sports, and more.
The full post is available here.
In the context of yesterday’s Jason Pierre-Paul fireworks/amputation news, my latest post for TechGraphs asks whether the increasing use of wearable sports technology could have negative consequences for athletes, and, further, whether athletes may be effectively powerless to avoid those consequences.
The full post is available here.
Wimbledon began today, and my latest post at TechGraphs highlights a number of the digital developments in action surrounding this year’s tournament, including streaming video and a probably far-flung attempt to measure the emotion surrounding the event.
The full post is available here.
A quiet week around here, and a quiet week in the world of sports technology. Still, I’ve highlighted the least uninteresting sports technology news stories from the past seven days in my latest post at TechGraphs, including updates on hoverboards and the World Cup.
The full post is available here.
What do the College World Series, the U.S Open golf tournament, marijuana, and Derek Jeter have in common? All of them appear in my latest post at TechGraphs, a roundup of the week’s top sports technology stories.
The full post is available here.
In my latest post at Banished to the Pen, I attempt to visualize in graphic fashion the effectiveness of all thirty Major League Baseball teams at converting baserunners into runs and, having done so, speculate only a little bit wildly about the reasons why two of those thirty teams– the Detroit Tigers and San Francisco Giants– are not scoring as many runs as they probably should be given their large number of opportunities to do so (i.e., baserunners).
The full post is available here.
Bridgestone Arena has been important for the Nashville Predators over the last 15 years, but the Preds have been just as important for the arena and the city of Nashville. It is a rare case where public money for a stadium seems to have paid off.
Read the full story on THW here.
My latest post at Banished to the Pen looks at the unfolding season of the Atlanta Braves’ third baseman, Chris Johnson, and asks whether it’s time for another reevaluation of the narrative about his offensive value.
The full post is available here.
My latest post at Banished to the Pen highlights those teams that made the most radical changes in their base-stealing proclivities from one season to another.
The full post is available here.
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