Category: Sports
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‘Dark Arts’ and ‘Codebreaker’: The Origins of the Houston Astros Cheating Scheme
Author: Jared Diamond; Publisher: The Wall Street Journal; Publication Year: 2020. The following article discusses how professional sports teams have started using data analytics more and more over the last decade or so in order…
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Player Tracking Coming to the NHL? It’s Complicated
Author: Greg Wyshynski; Publisher: ESPN; Publication Year: 2018. In the following article, before diving into the ethical concerns of data usage in the NHL, the author turns to rugby. The kicker of a recent rugby…
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St. Louis Cardinals Hacking Allegations Raise Ethical, Encryption Concerns, Stanford Law Expert Says
Author: Clifton B. Parker; Publisher: Stanford News; Publication Year: 2015. The following article highlights the benefits and risks of data analytics in sports. In 2015, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) launched an investigation searching…
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Automated Soccer Head Impact Exposure Tracking Using Video and Deep Learning
Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Data-Driven Algorithm, Moneyball, Sports Industry, Video Information, Video RecognitionAuthor: Ahmad Rezaei and Lyndia C. Wu; Publisher: Nature; Publication Year: 2022. The following article is a practical and strong use case for AI-driven technologies in video recognition. This data-driven algorithm uses video information to…