It’s almost time for the Super Bowl! Kickoff for Big Game Fifty is at 6:30 pm Eastern on Sunday, and, as further explained in my latest post at TechGraphs, you can watch it on your television, for free online, and streaming on certain mobile devices. You also can hear it on conventional and satellite radio. In addition, comedy duo Key & Peele will be running a live, unauthorized commentary stream during the game.
All of the details are in the full post here.
It’s basically all pylon cam all the time. My most recent post at TechGraphs has that news (and more), and it’s available here.
My latest post at TechGraphs details all of your numerous options for seeing and hearing (at the same time!) tonight’s college football national championship game, which kicks off at 8:30 pm Eastern. Long live the Megacast!
The full post is available here.
My latest post for TechGraphs outlines your options for watching and listening to the “New Year’s Six” bowls– the Peach, Orange, Cotton, Fiesta, Rose, and Sugar Bowls– taking place today and tomorrow. The Peach Bowl kicks off momentarily, with the two playoff semifinal games following this evening.
Go Green!
The full post is available here.
My latest post at TechGraphs asks a simple question: why does ESPN still exist? (To find out, wait a little while and then read the comment section, wherein all the smarties will give the real answer in sure-to-be-friendly tones.)
The full post is available here.
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Back in April, I deposited $10 into a new DraftKings account. I already knew I wasn’t good at sports gambling, as my record on free wagering games like ESPN’s Streak for the Cash attests, but I gave the money to DraftKings because it got me a year’s subscription to BaseballProspectus.com, something that ordinarily costs $30. I’d already won!
Having secured the benefit of my bargain, I decided to try to win my money back (in reality, a windfall) by playing some DraftKings baseball contests. I needed to turn my $10 into at least $20, that being the site’s minimum cash-out amount. (So risk-adverse am I, I didn’t want to try depositing an additional $10 to see if that would do the trick.)
Early results, like my undisciplined “strategy,” were mixed, but mostly negative, as you know because I did not appear on any commercials this fall holding a Publishers Clearing House check.
In August, FanGraphs began hosting something called SaberSim, a daily analysis of all baseball players driven by matchups and sabermetrics, all stated in terms of projected value based on the way DraftKings and FanDuel each award fantasy points. I decided to use the remainder of the MLB season to put SaberSim to the test. I’d strictly adhere to its optimized lineup, even if its counsel conflicted with my (demonstrably feeble) intuition.
Early results under the SaberSim test remained mixed but were far more positive than before. I soon climbed close– so close!– to that $20 mark. DraftKings’ transaction history log makes it difficult to track these things with precision, but at one point in late August I hit $19.40 (or so). I had one month of regular-season MLB games left to earn less than $1. I did not achieve my revised goal.
After reaching that high-water mark, results, while still mixed, turned decidedly negative, and I finished the season with $0.80, too little to enter another contest without depositing more money, something I have no intention of doing.
When I discovered SaberSim, I had visions of writing a fun post here on how best to use the new tool to make a little money in daily fantasy sports. Instead, all you get is this piddling tale.
Something you also get is a link to my latest post at TechGraphs, an overview of two new lawsuits filed against DraftKings and FanDuel by a person who lost money on both sites.
The full post is available here.
The latest on Payne v. MLB, about which I previously wrote, is the subject of my most recent post at TechGraphs. The league has moved to dismiss the lawsuit, which seeks increased safety netting at ballparks. Separately, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred has made public comments on the subject that suggest that changes may be coming next season.
The full post is available here.
The NFLPA is fighting back against wearable technology creep. That and more in my latest post for TechGraphs, an assemblage of the week’s top sports technology stories.
The full post is available here.
The MLB postseason begins tomorrow night, and my latest post for TechGraphs is the single-best source of information I know for details on how you can follow along using your television, computer, smartphone, or radio.
The full post is available here.
iPads in baseball dugouts. Drones at football games. Gambling on gambling. All that and more in my latest post for TechGraphs, a roundup of the week’s top sports technology stories.
The full post is available here.
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