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That Insane New Falcons Stadium Is Really Going To Happen

From a pair of ideas floated in April, the Falcons have chosen the official conceptual design for their new stadium, set to begin construction next year. It features an eight-piece roof that will twist closed — essentially an iris diaphragm. We hereby nominate, for a nickname, “The Sphincter”.

23 May 2013

Computing

NFL Will Use Microsoft Surface On The Sideline

If you’re a fan of the NFL, you’d know that players and coaches stare at printed pictures of replays and call plays from laminated sheets of paper. Yes, even now. No more though — the NFL just announced a partnership with Microsoft that will let coaches and officials use Microsoft Surface on the sidelines instead.

8 May 2013

Science

This Is How Football Helmets Are Concussion Safety-Tested

In a new study published today in the Journal of Neurosurgery, a group of scientists proved, seemingly, that modern football helmets are better than old leather ones. Thanks, guys. What is more notable, however, is that this batshit crazy device is how the data was gathered.

20 July 2012

Geek Out

All The Major Sport Competitions Since 1903 Condensed In Beautiful Circular Graphics

If you like sports and awesome data visualisation, you will love these posters, which can be printed to order in beautiful paper. You can choose the final playoffs of every major sport event since 1903 — 427 brackets from the American MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLS to the European Champions League, the UEFA Euro and FIFA’s World Cup.

22 June 2012

Science

Can Science See Inside An NFL Player’s Skull Before It’s Too Late?

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, is a diagnosis for dead people. Last month, Junior Seau was found in his apartment in Oceanside, California, with a fatal self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest. A familiar sequence unfolded.

10 May 2012

Entertainment

Optus Plans To Appeal TV Now Case

File this under expected/interesting: a fortnight after it lost a High Court battle with sporting bodies over its TV Now recording service, Optus has confirmed it will seek leave to appeal the decision in the High Court.

31 August 2011

Science

How A Lab Extracts Brains From NFL Players In The Name Of Science

It’s been coming into the spotlight more recently but NFL players have been dealing with brain injuries since the sport was first played. Combine the endless hard hits with the bigger, faster, stronger athletes and brains that weren’t meant to be jiggled like that? Serious problems.

22 April 2011

software

There Is An NFL 2011 iPad App With Live NFL Draft Streaming

With the annoying lockout of billionaires vs millionaires still raging on, this coming NFL season might not even happen! But one thing that is guaranteed to happen is the NFL Draft.

25 February 2011

Gadgets

NFL Prospects To Wear Smart, Data Gathering Workout Shirt

For years, the NFL Combine has been vilified as a host for a series of workouts that don’t accurately measure a football player’s impact on the field. Now, one company has potentially changed that with an electronic shirt that tracks everything from heart rate to g force of acceleration.

5 February 2011

Computing

NFL Teams Want To Make The iPad Their Playbook Of The Future

If Vince Lombardi and Tom Landry still coached NFL teams, they’d probably scoff at the idea of using an iPad as their playbook, even if it saved a truckload of paper. Thankfully, today’s teams are more willing to embrace technology.

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