Rob Albericci saw his son Austin’s Little League baseball team struggle to recruit enough kids to fill a roster, and the rising demands of Austin’s football team, the growing pressure for kids to focus on a single sport, to specialize even before they hit puberty. Continue reading… “Struggling to hook kids, baseball risks losing fans to other sports”
A map of Facebook fans of NFL teams across the United States
In the first regular season NFL football game of the season last week, the Seattle Seahawks crushed the Green Bay Packers. One way of looking at that: The 46 players wearing Seattle Seahawks uniforms had a higher score than the 46 players in Green Bay Packers uniforms, in a nationally televised game of American football.
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The sensors will track the players on the field.
Beginning this September, and for the first time ever 17 National Football League stadiums will employ radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology to better track how players move on the field during games. The football league has partnered with Zebra Technologies to use its quarter-sized RFID sensors inside the shoulder pads of players. These sensors will track not just where players are on the field, but also how fast they get going, and what their acceleration was like on the way there — all in real-time.
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To find the right players, college football teams recruit players from all around the country. Now we can now see where most of the recruits come from.
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Facebook took a look at football fandom across the country as the Super Bowl gets closer.
The National Football League is one of the most popular sports in America with some incredibly devoted fans. At Facebook we have about 35 million account holders in the United States who have Liked a page for one of the 32 teams in the league, representing one of the most comprehensive samples of sports fanship ever collected. Put another way, more than 1 in 10 Americans have declared their support for an NFL team on Facebook.
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The short version of last week’s World Cup game between the US and England features only the best parts -both goals, with instant replays. In LEGO!
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See what happens when Springsteen shows his nipples?
Check out this neat interactive graphic of Twitter chatter during the Super Bowl. You can move the slider to see what people were tweeting during each minute of the game. Mouseover to find out what part of the country tweeted these words. Select subjects on the left to focus on the type of tweets.
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Hey football fans: You have your giant screen, there’s plenty of yelling – make the stadium effect complete with the Football Stadium Desktop Floodlight. Its six 25-watt E14 bulbs will ensure a minimum of fumbles, and if your playing field is a bit too bright, hook the thing up to a dimmer to save energy.
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For the longest time I thought the black sinewy thing on Olympic beach volleyball player Kerri Walsh’s shoulder was either a confused Alien face sucker, a horny spider, a bad tattoo decision (a la Mike Tyson), or all of the above. Turns out I was way off, and it’s actually Kinesio athletic tape from a company in Albequerque. And upon further inspection, the hype surrounding the $15 tape appears justified, and goes way beyond helping athletes.
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Barely legal, these cheerleaders are determined to push the limit
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By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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