Episode 31 – “As a sports tech analyst you have to actually show up”
Episode 30 – “Should we be yelling CHARGE!?”
So we were wrong about Flo TV, it’s actually pretty cool. Plus: ESPN’s study on big domes and its advantages, Dan’s impressions of the new Red Bull Arena, and Jonathan’s godfather-esque sitdown with the heads of the four Phoenix sport teams. It was Barzini all along! [3/24/2010, 25:46m]
Episode 29 – “You ever try to start a slow clap in a bathroom at a bar?”
Episode 28 – “Could you be a NASCAR driver and not be a jerk”
Episode 27 – “Sometimes progress does work”
Episode 26 – “No more cuckoo clocks for the downhill”
The Ice Man of the Olympics and other news from Vancouver. Plus: Flo TV, Shawn White’s personal training course, Fox Soccer Plus TV channel, the history of Omega timing, and Jonathan argues that Tiger Woods’ press conference was the biggest sports tech event ever! [2/24/2010, 31:23m]
Episode 25 – “Give me an obscure sport where they care”
Episode 24 – 2/10/2010
Episode 23 – 2/3/2010
TSC discusses some great, new tech golf gear to improve your game. Will Tiger Woods be having a garage sale soon? Plus: Danica enters NASCAR, how to get the tennis racquets the Pros use, and Jonathan gives you his picks for new, cheaper televisions in time for Super Sunday. [27:03m]
DAILY NEWS
The Sports Tech Nihilist: NFL Sunday Ticket Screams, ‘Show Me The Money!’
Like Jerry Maguire desperately trying to keep his one and only client, DirecTV and the NFL are screaming, “Show me the money!” when it comes to the NFL Sunday Ticket package.
If you’re “ready for some football,” and you subscribe to NFL Sunday Ticket, there’s a little good news as the season gets under way next [...]
Hey ESPN: Keep It National, Because Local Ain’t Your Thing
ESPN bashing has become a participatory sport in many circles, and it seems the “Worldwide Leader in Sports” isn’t doing much to win friends and influence people. OK, that’s not entirely true. They influence people without a problem, but in their recent forays into televising high school football, their manners haven’t exactly been Emily Post.
Now, [...]
Who Needs Facts? Post Columnist Reports Fiction On Twitter
If the demise of sports media as we once knew it wasn’t already a certainty, this would have sealed the deal.
Washington Post sports columnist Mike Wise intentionally posted an erroneous Tweet on Monday afternoon, saying he’d been “told” that Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger would end up with a five-game suspension as a penalty for [...]
Tech Comes To The Pool, And We’re Not Talking About New Suits
Adidas recently came out with their miCoach product that athletes can use to track their workouts online and pace themselves while on the run. The small sensor is easily portable and designed for use while working out and can be used with or without an iPod. This came on the heels of Nike’s iPod sport [...]
Number Crunching: Leaked MLB Financials Show Pirates Really Are Flat Broke
I guess this is what happens when I try to talk sports: Love the game, think I know what I like and run out and make all sorts of nutty assumptions, based on little or no practical knowledge.
Hence, it us with some newly found humbleness that I am taking a look at the financial statements for [...]
Gloom In D.C. As Strasburg Gets To Know Tommy John
It ain’t easy being a Washington, D.C. sports fan.
You’ve got the Redskins, owned by Daniel Snyder, who is the George Steinbrenner of the NFL, except without the championships. You’ve got the Capitals, who have Alexander Ovechkin, the greatest goal-scorer the NHL has seen in years, yet they managed to choke their way out of the [...]
