Episode 53: “A Putter Is a Terrible Thing To Waste.”
Seth, Blum and Dan break down the ripoff — or the wonder of — NFL Sunday Ticket. Seth studies the demise of the ESPN radio station in Pittsburgh. Dan tells all about the million-dollar putter and Blum gives it up on 3D HD for sports. (28.5 MB, 29.4 Minutes) Share this post:ShareEmailPrintStumbleUponRedditDigg
Episode 52: “Time To Die”
Dan and Seth rip on Blum’s first week on NFL Fantasy Football. (Note: he is in first place in his league.) Blum breaks down the bogus report on the good odds for going for it on 4th down. Dan proves yet again that athletes and tweeting just don’t mix. And we all learn that Jordan [...]
Episode 51: “The Pirates Really Are Broke!”
Seth breaks down the body mechanics for Strasburg’s Tommy John surgery. Yes, he’s effed. Blum takes a peak at the freshly leaked financial data for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Yes, they’re broke. Dan does new technology at the USOpen. Yes, they’re new racquets. And Boise State is a BCS contender. Yes, Blum’s a stone cold idiot. (29.1 MB: [...]
Episode 50: “It really is a woman!”
Blum and Dan get into some sex … the sex of South African runner Caster Semanya, that is. Then Seth chimes in on the new NFL.com fantasy league, complete with in-game video clips. Blum breaks down FanPageList.com, the site that ranks the social networking power of athletes. And finally is oxygen during a mixed martial [...]
Episode 49: “Welker’s Not Cheating … He Really, Truly Is The Bionic Man”
Seth joins us for his take on the BlackBerry sports apps: 212 of em flat out suck. And Dan the Pats Fan only gets a touch defensive breaking down Wes Welker’s “remarkable” return from a torn ACL. While Blum digs into the cutting edge of TV sports technology from IBC2010 trade show. And everyone gets into [...]
Episode 48 — “Spain’s Putting HGH In The Water”
Dan makes it back from the beach alive, so we break down the cutting edge in NFL Preseason analysis: Old school print mags. Blum is agog at the Triple Crown winner in auto racing. Dan talks up the X-Games. And we wonder what drug is in the water in Span. They’re winning everything, everywhere. (24.1 MB. [...]
Episode 47 — “Lance is Gettin’ Screwed”
Dan takes a much needed vacation poolside so Blum flies solo this week. Seth The Technihilist calls in with the latest scoop on tech tools to keep his Pirates awful. Blum plays the Old Course, on Tiger Woods PGA TOUR Online, that is. And we throw a techno-bone to Lance: There’s no way he doped [...]
Episode 46 – “Show Em Your Big Fly Stick”
Dan and Blum give it up to King George Steinbrenner. then Blum breaks down some big bats for big home runs. And Dan gives us the skinny on EA’s NCAA Football 11. And finally what a royal jerk Lebron really is. (7/15/2010. 29.1 minutes) Share this post:ShareEmailPrintStumbleUponRedditDigg
Episode 45 – “They’re All Takin’ Drugs”
Dan, Blum, and Seth wonder out loud what the world needs with Sirius’ new all fantasy sports channel. Dan gets sucked into the Back to the Future vibe and brings us sports technology in 2015. Blum sees an All-Star conspiracy in Kevin Youkilis not getting on the All-Star team. And with Floyd Landis spilling his [...]
Episode 44 – “The age of free stuff is over”
Can Sports Illustrated save themselves with a fancy iPad app? Plus: Why high school can’t afford to protect their football players with modern helmets, a look at what FIFA could do with goal-line technology, and Jonathan found some “interesting” items at the Outdoor Retailer Show. [7/1/2010, 30:29m] Share this post:ShareEmailPrintStumbleUponRedditDigg
DAILY NEWS
Ticket Perfection Strikes Back
So a while back I posted on a service called Ticket Perfection which lets sports fans insure their tickets against blowouts. Basically, if the final score is lopsided beyond a certain threshold, the insured will get at least some money back — potentially all of it — depending on how much ticket insurance they purchased. My [...]
Sporting News Today Is Logging Off
The ongoing saga of the Sporting News and its struggle for survival continued this week with word that they plan to cease publication of Sporting News Today, a digital daily that never did gain any traction. Full disclosure, I did some freelance work for the Sporting News several years ago, when it was still publishing [...]
Blowout Insurance: Do We Need This?
If you’ve ever walked out of an arena after a 30-point blowout feeling like you’ve been ripped off, then I’ve got a startup for you. Seriously. Ticket Perfection sells “ticket insurance” to protect consumers against the scourge of lopsided games by providing refunds to customers if their game is decided by more than a certain [...]
Big Leaguers Getting Their iPad On
So a couple weeks ago Seth did a little digging into Bloomberg Sports’ Pitch Review. It’s basically a video analysis app that pro ballplayers can use on their iPad to look at video of their past at-bats or pitches. Players can use it to call up instantly call up video tailored to meet any situation. It’s [...]
XOS Digital: Taking Film Study Out Of The Dark Ages
It used to be hell for a football team to analyze video, scout other teams and manage thousands of hours of footage. This usually meant rooms filled with tape — remember VCRs? — endless hours in dark rooms with clunky technology and a lot of searching. But as good as players have gotten in recent [...]
Is There A Sports Gene?
When I was a child, my parents brought a sample of my DNA to scientists who then examined my genes to predict my athletic ability. I’m kidding. That’s science fiction. Well, at least it was science fiction when I was a kid. Not anymore: Atlas Sports Genetics is offering mail order genetic testing kits starting [...]
