Tag: athlete
The Enhanced Games push PEDs, target world records in Olympic sports
“The Future of Sports Is Here: We are on a mission to redefine superhumanity through science, innovation and sports.” An unabashedly ambitious goal, or at least choice of words. Yet “redefining superhumanity” isn’t enough for the Enhanced Games, a start-up that plans to hold an Olympic-style competition next year in Las Vegas. The venture also…
Robot Learns to Play Badminton Against Humans
ANYmal-D robot playing badminton. eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Swiss scientists have built a quadruped robot that can play badminton against human opponents. ANYmal-D shows that it is possible to program hand-eye coordination in robotics, functionality that has…
Scottie Scheffler deletes Venmo because bettors asked for payments
That Scottie Scheffler is the prohibitive favorite to win the U.S. Open this week at historic Oakmont Country Club surprises no one. He’s the top-ranked golfer in the world, winning three of his last four starts, including the PGA Championship. That Scheffler deleted his Venmo account because bettors continually clicked the pay/request link on the…
How are college sports changing after the House settlement?
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> College sports leaders and athletes were in limbo for months while waiting for a House settlement to be approved. An agreement would create clarity, better supporting college conferences and their respective universities that had been blindly preparing for the next academic year — unsure which name, image and likeness (NIL) rules they’d be…
‘A huge moment’: Jarmond discusses UCLA’s plans after House settlement
Like a quarterback who completed offseason workouts, spring practices and fall training camp, Martin Jarmond had been preparing for this moment for nearly a year. On Saturday came the big unveiling. The UCLA athletic director discussed with The Times the plans for his department’s operations in the new college sports world created by the House…
John Brenkus, ‘Sport Science’ host, dies after battle with depression
John Brenkus, the charismatic TV host who found creative ways to get sports fans to think about science, has died, his production company, Brinx.TV, said Sunday in a statement. “John, co-founder of Base Productions, founder of Brinx.TV, and co-creator and host of the 6-time Emmy Award-winning ‘Sport Science,’ had been battling depression,” the statement read….
Los Angeles Olympics adds Honda as founding level partner
LA28 announced Honda its automotive partner for the L.A. Olympics on Monday, securing a major founding-level partnership that will help the private organizing committee cover its estimated $7-billion budget. Honda, which opened its U.S. headquarters in L.A. in 1959 and is now based in Torrance, will work with LA28 on an accessible vehicle fleet that…
High school football will never be the same in era of transfers, NIL money
When Charles Dickens began his 1859 novel “A Tale of Two Cities” with the legendary line, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,” who knew that it would aptly describe the state of amateur football in 2025? From college athletics to high school athletics, if you’re a parent, coach, athlete…