Sports
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I Refuse To Believe This World Champion Wasn’t Born With Yo-Yos Attached To His Arms
Last week, the 2017 World Yo-Yo Championship was held in Reykjavík, Iceland. And as in years past, watching these performers, including world champion Shu Takada, can only lead you to a single conclusion: these competitors were probably born with yo-yos attached to their arms.
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Shocking Study Finds Traumatic Neurological Disorder In 110 Of 111 Donated NFL Player Brains
Study author Robert Stern stands by bran scans at a meeting in 2016 (Image: AP) No one ever said playing football was good for your brain. By this point, most sports fans have heard that those who suffer repeated concussions could possibly also suffer early-onset dementia and other neurological symptoms. This, in fact, could have…
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NFL Players Strike A Deal To Sell Their Biometric Data
Quietly flying under the radar in the fitness wearables market is Whoop, a manufacturer of high-end wrist-worn straps that measure data 100 times per second. In what could turn out to be one of the more bizarre licensing agreements ever, the startup struck a deal with the NFL Players Association this week that will make…
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AFL Broadcast Deal Clamps Mobile Subscriber Steams To ‘iPhone’ Screen Size
AFL fans around the country have long come to terms with the fact that, when it comes to modern broadcasting technology, the sport steadfastly lives 50 years in the past. True, free-to-air finally moved to proper high definition video last year, but now the AFL and Telstra have stuffed up the digital side of things,…