TechGraphs News Roundup: 8/28/2015

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August 28, 2015

The Roundup is a little late today, as I haven’t been able to pry myself away from this video for like four hours. Nevertheless, here are the stories from the sports-tech world that we found interesting this week.

We told you about the NFL’s deal with Twitter last week, but it appears as if it came at the expense of their Facebook partnership. Now we just have a different place to read stupid/misinformed/racist responses to highlight clips. Progress!

BuzzFeed (yes that BuzzFeed) has a pretty interesting look at the new RFID technology the NFL is implementing this year.

MLB.tv is on sale! If you’ve been on the fence in the past, or were waiting for pennant races to heat up to see all the games, you can’t afford not to get it now.

Conversely, if you are a TuneIn subscriber, you can now get MLB audio through the web site or app for freesies.

Kotaku has a neat video giving an overview of what a League of Legends tournament is like in one of sports’ most famous venues.

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And now, if you live in the UK, you can bet on eSports matches. What a time to be alive.

On a scarier note, it looks like some dummies were planning to shoot up a Pokemon tournament. If I knew more about Pokemon, I’d make a hip reference here. Alas…

ESPN College Sports Extra is a new channel launching just in time for football season. No Comcast support as of yet, but many other providers should carry it.

This sounds like a story that should be about some Texas school, but a high school football team in upstate New York is using drones to record their practices.

Meanwhile, Tennessee football players are turning to tech to track their sleep patterns.

That’s all for this week. Have a good weekend, and be excellent to each other.





 

David G. Temple is the Managing Editor of TechGraphs and a contributor to FanGraphs, NotGraphs and The Hardball Times. He hosts the award-eligible podcast Stealing Home. Dayn Perry once called him a "Bible Made of Lasers." Follow him on Twitter @davidgtemple.

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