The business of sports tech, in brief.
College football fans have long been starved for access to all-22 game film, silent clips of plays shot at high angles for coaches to study. “The lack of college all-22 film in 2026 is stupid and maddening,” ESPN commentator Kevin Clark wrote online this spring. Now, a feast arrives. Sports tech…
The NFL has announced the return of the Big Data Bowl, the league’s analytics competition, now in its ninth year and again powered by AWS. Registration is open. Finalists will
9th-annual competition to use Next Gen Stats to evaluate pre-NFL indicators of NFL performance
The NFL Scouting Combine is the focus of this Big Data Bowl.
I get it—it’s fun to make fun of NFL general managers. If we’re going to spend months obsessing over a four-day event that fundamentally could be an email, we might as well have some laughs along the way. But amid the non-answers and subterfuge (and presidential appearances??) that otherwise fill…
NFL Media and Next Gen Stats have announced the launch of Ask NFL IQ, a sophisticated artificial intelligence chat feature designed to streamline how fans consume complex football analytics.
The NFL and AWS have added an AI assistant to NFL IQ, an analytics platform powered by Amazon QuickSight, ahead of the 2026 NFL Draft. The assistant allows fans to
The NFL and StatusPRO, a sports entertainment and technology company that combines AI and performance data with emerging technology to create experiential content, announces an expansion of their partnership, granting
The streamer is pushing the envelope on analytics.
Over the past decade, the NFL and Amazon Web Services have changed how football analytics are analyzed and presented through Next Gen Stats. There’s real-time data and insights for not
Data visualization tools are now ubiquitous across every live NFL broadcast, as production teams look to bring data-centric storytelling to fans on a wider scale. Since the launch of NFL
ESPN is adding another data-driven layer to its alternate-telecast playbook. Beginning Dec. 22, the network will debut MNF Playbook with Next Gen Stats, a new analytics-powered NFL presentation designed specifically
In today’s world of professional sports, data is no longer just a tool; it is the competitive edge. From elevating player performance to delivering unforgettable fan experiences, data has become
From the continued evolution of the leagues’ Next Gen Stats platform to the recently revamped coach’s comms system, the NFL is always on the lookout for new ways to enhance
