I just watched a very cool video from Outside Magazine about Chris Lieto, which was sent along to me because of the great headline copywriters from the magazine (as evidenced in the screenshot above). It’s a very neat concept about how magazines in the near future will move just like online video and will appear [...]
Read More...Nike and Apple have teamed up to create a replacement for bulky GPS watches. No longer will you need to strap on multiple watches, bulky global positioning system receivers, or small waistband-clipped pedometers. Synchronizing your iPod will also download your workouts to your computer. The new Nike+ Air Zoom Moire is the first footwear designed [...]
Read More...FIFA is giving the goal line technology a second go in Liverpool at the end of the year. When FIFA has its annual meeting in Zurich next March, they will decide whether or not to implement the technology for the World Cup. They have not yet decided if it is an asset or a distraction [...]
Read More...If there was a DNA test that determined what kind of sports you could excel at, would you take it? The Australian Institute of Sport has developed a few and is testing whether or not they can be used to help train their athletes.
Read More...Swimming is inherantly more risky than many other sports such as running around a track or hitting a golf ball. After all; if you work too hard and pass out, you won’t just fall down on the ground. You could very well drown. That is why most if not all public pools require there to [...]
Read More...My fantasy football league has always used CBS Sportsline, but this year we are using Realtime Fantasy Sports. My draft is tomorrow, and I will put a review of their website and the experience of using them at the end of the season.
Read More...Soccer may get a slight makeover as FIFA tests a new goal line technology at the U-17 World Championship later this month. The soccer ball will have a chip embedded into it that will sound a buzzer in the official’s ear if the ball completely crosses the plane of the goal line.
Read More...I just saw information about chainless bicycles for the first time. What a neat concept! Dynamic Bicycles has a lot of information about chainless bikes on their website. Supposedly, they are cleaner, safer, quieter, and require less maintenance than a normal chain and derailer bike, at the expense of being a bit heavier. I also [...]
Read More...The goal this weekend is to make a few changes to the website. They may or may not trickle to this blog for a few weeks. Basically, I am going to play around with WordPress and see if I can’t get that working (and eventually migrate everything over to that if I like it – [...]
Read More...Earlier this week I wrote about Lance Armstrong being accused of cheating by using the banned substance EPO during his 1999 Tour de France win. Le Ann Welty commented on EPO by describing what it was:
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