Tag: NFL

During this weekend's NFL Combine, some prospects will wear an Under Armour shirt equipped with an accelerometer as well as heart and breathing monitors. According to Wired, the E39 shirt is made from the same material as Under Armour's other compression gear, and weighs less than 4.5 ounces -- even with the bright yellow puck stitched just below the chest. In addition to the accelerometer, the ...

Giant paper playbooks may soon be a thing of the past in the NFL. Many teams, including the Dallas Cowboys, are considering jumping on the tablet bandwagon and leaving the piles of dead trees behind. Switching to a tablet like the iPad will certainly please the environmentally inclined, as a team can easily go through 5,000 pages of playbooks and review sheets per game. It could ultimately save ...

Super Bowl XLV presents a particularly intriguing juxtaposition of established tradition and revolutionary technology. The Steelers and Packers represent perhaps the two most storied franchises in NFL history, with each carrying a lunch-pail reputation as a blue-collar, working-class organization. Now, 21st-century tech is allowing unprecedented Super Bowl access to those timeless teams' players, ...

With a lockout looming, the NFL and its players union have been struggling to reach a new collective bargaining agreement by March 3rd. Both sides have begun using Twitter and other sites to attempt to sway the popular opinion of fans who might not have a sport to watch in 2011. According to The New York Times, commissioner Roger Goodell sent an e-mail on Wednesday to his staff saying he'd ...

More rumors fly around Twitter than at a high-school cafeteria. But sometimes, the social-networking site actually does break real news -- and it has once again. According to Business Insider, ESPN columnist Bill Simmons, a.k.a. "The Sports Guy," broke news yesterday about the trade of NFL wide receiver Randy Moss from the New England Patriots to the Minnesota Vikings by sending what he claims ...

Last winter, the NFL garnered attention for a growing and meaningful relationship between its players and video games. Athletes were no longer playing the games solely for relaxation (or to accumulate ridiculous stats with their personal avatars), but were relying on gaming for rehabilitation and training purposes. That video game evolution now applies to numerous other sports as well, including ...

If negotiations don't stall, Verizon may add a powerful new feature to its list of services. According to the Wall Street Journal, the NFL intends to transition its games and programming to tablet devices, but -- for now -- there is still "a question of what shape or form." Verizon hopes its tablets present the solution to that question, and its recent $720 million exclusive mobile deal with the ...

If you've ever sat in nosebleed seats at an NFL game, you'll agree that the view from your living room -- which probably includes HDTV and cheap snacks -- is much better. But Fanvision, a new handheld device offered at 12 NFL stadiums and one college, could enhance live football games by using the same technology that keeps some folks at home. The handheld, which only works inside the stadium, ...

To celebrate the 2010 NFL season's kickoff (and to deflect attention from the NCAA sanctions he brought on his alma mater USC), Reggie Bush is giving away free stuff via social-networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare and Stickybits. Reggie Bush #RedZones, which began earlier this week and ends today, leads fans on a scavenger hunt for eight autographed footballs hidden across the city ...

In September of last year, Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco voiced his displeasure with the NFL's decision to prohibit the use of social media like Twitter immediately before, during and after games. Apparently, Ochocinco has decided that he isn't going to let pesky little rules get in his way, though. The avid Tweeter and Ustream user has already received his first fine of the ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Droid 2 dummy models are apparently appearing on Best Buy shelves (ahead of the rumored August 12th release date), and the shells bear $199 price tags. [From: Engadget] Thousands of retired NFL players are suing Electronic Arts, claiming that the video game manufacturer utilized representations of the players (apparently for ...

A young professional athlete isn't the first image that pops into our heads when we think of video game addicts. But, according to the Seattle Seahawks official website, defensive tackle Quinn Pitcock left his former team, the Indianapolis Colts, because he was depressed and addicted to video games. Pitcock was so depressed that he felt like he couldn't face another year in the NFL, so he quit in ...

Reuters Canada reports that the NFL has spoken with a German manufacturer about placing microchips inside footballs in order to prevent blown calls by officials. The tight-lipped NFL, naturally, would not confirm or deny these reports, but Cairos Technologies sales director Mario Hanus told Reuters, "Yes, we are talking. There is a demand in American Football." The demand is getting touchdown, ...

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Dwayne Bowe could be in for a long season after some comments he made last week. According to Pro Football Talk, Bowe told ESPN Magazine that his veteran teammates would meet girls on Facebook and MySpace, and fly them to hotel rooms in cities they visited during the season. Bowe said there's even a name for it -- importing. "You hear stories about groupies ...

Late in the Oscar-winning football drama, 'The Blind Side,' Michael Oher's adopted brother puts together a reel of clips and burns it onto a DVD for scouts. College coaches like Nick Saban are wowed as they watch the young man on their computer screens. Apparently, that isn't fiction: In one of the most unconventional NFL free-agent signings, the Cleveland Browns recently picked up a player after ...