Tag: SPORTS

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, ...

Water levels in video games have been terrible since Mario's first attempt at swimming in level 2-2, and things haven't improved much over the years as Ecco, Link and countless others have waded into the sea. Games that approximate the sport of swimming itself, often hastily tacked onto the year's Summer Olympics package, have been universally bad, marked by mindless controls, poor animation, and ...

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 ...

Call us scaredy cats, but there's no way we'd follow in Mark Visser's footsteps. As part of a film, the adventure athlete rode a 30-foot wave off the coast of Maui in the dead of night, illuminated by the moon... oh, and his LED-bedecked life vest and surfboard. That's right: that blinking thing in the surf is a person, not a boat. Check out the video after the break. ...

This fall, while working on a Georgia Power Company right-of-way in South Georgia, a power company employee found a bank of shotguns that was aimed directly into a wild boar feeding area, and fully connected to the Internet. After taking a few pictures, the employee called the Georgia Wildlife Resources Division, who, in turn, called the Office of Homeland Security. In a November 19th bulletin, ...

While his name remains part of the title, Tiger Woods will not appear on the cover of 'Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters,' which debuts on March 29th for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii. According to Reuters, Woods has been replaced with a yellow flag from the legendary Augusta National Golf Club, which hosts the Masters Tournament. Of course, it's easy to assume that Tiger's scandals off the ...

Unlike real athletes, golfers insist on playing their "sport" in tightly controlled environments. With the exception of perhaps Ryder Cup attendees, spectators at any professional golf tournament are expected to remain quiet before a player swings, politely applaud afterward, and duly march onward, in civilized propriety. Until recently, fans weren't even allowed to bring cell phones to ...

The ESPN 3D channel broadcast World Cup games over the summer and college football games during the fall. Now, the network -- which just released its NBA 3-D schedule -- is ready for some round-ball. The 3-dimensional hard-court coverage begins tonight at 7 p.m. (EST) when the New York Knicks visit the Miami Heat. The network currently plans to offer 3-D hoops on a somewhat regular basis ...

At Major League Baseball's annual winter meetings, general managers didn't just shop for free-agent players or discuss potential trades. According to The New York Times, they also browsed a trade show with a bevy of gadgets -- including the popular hand-sized radar gun and a smartphone app for concessions and souvenirs -- that could not only improve their teams, but also make a trip to the ...

Fans of the Washington Redskins and the New York Giants fumbled away a golden opportunity last week. Rivals the Dallas Cowboys left the door open for cybersquatters when the team forgot to renew its official site. The 'Boys allowed DallasCowboys.com to expire on November 2nd, but have since reclaimed it. Still, with the team miserably wallowing at 1-7, did anyone even notice the absence? ...

Last night, the San Francisco Giants defeated the Texas Rangers to win the World Series. Giants fans, naturally, did what sports fans do best after their team wins a championship: riot in the streets. Of course, Giants fans aren't just any sports fans; they're savvy social media users, too. Amid all of last night's revelry, Giants fans found the time to check in from the riots on Foursquare, and ...

Despite broadcasting a variety of sports in its first six months, ESPN 3D has been a flop. Jonathan Pannaman, senior director of technology at the network, said the company doesn't know what direction to take the channel or how to make money with it, according to TVB Europe. "We're still not sure what makes sense for 3-D TV, and we don't yet see a proven ROI [return on investment]," Pannaman said ...

The lengthy standoff between News Corp. and Cablevision has finally come to a close -- and just in time for the World Series. On Saturday night, the Fox network suddenly returned to some three million living rooms serviced by Cablevision, effectively ending a blackout that had begun on October 16th. The dispute had essentially boiled down to money; News Corp. wanted Cablevision to pay higher ...

If you've ever attended a sporting event, you've seen the guys and girls who carry air cannons on their shoulders and blast t-shirts into the stands. But rest assured, you have never seen anything like this 10-barrel, robotic Gatling gun that pumps out three tees every second. Designed by NASA and Team 254 Robotics of Bellarmine College Preparatory, the 'bot can blast a total of 400 shirts with ...

The drama between FOX, its parent company News Corp and Cablevision continues to drag on. Cablevision's iO Digital Cable customers have been deprived of FOX programing for about two weeks, but it seems that people have, so far, survived without Glenn Beck and 'The Simpsons.' But, now, the standoff over broadcasting fees is encroaching on the World Series, and consumers simply won't stand for that. ...