Advanced artificial intelligence is already changing the face of professional sports. AI-generated analytics and algorithms can more precisely track such metrics as a running back’s speed on the gridiron or the velocity of an infielder’s throws across the diamond. Athletes use AI to enhance their training regimens. Coaches use it in recruitment and game-day strategizing.

A few years ago, Ellen Staurowsky, a sports scholar and career-long advocate for the equitable treatment of college athletes, co-wrote a study with college athletes activist and organizer Ramogi Huma on the economics of college sports. It said the quiet part out loud. “After accounting for the value of college athletes’ athletic scholarships between 2017-2020,…

Here’s where The Baltimore Sun ranks its high school teams at the end of the spring season. BOYS LACROSSE Rank, team, record, previous rank 1. McDonogh (14-3) 3 2. Boys’ Latin (14-3) 1 3. Archbishop Spalding (13-5) 2 4. Gilman (12-7) 4 5. Loyola Blakefield (9-8) 5 6. Severna Park (19-1) 6 7. Calvert Hall…

From top: Najafi and Mooradgetty images MSP Sports Capital Jahm NajafiChairman and Partner Jeff MooradChief Executive Officer and Partner Especially active overseas, MSP led the investment of $300 million for a 33% stake in U.K.-based McLaren Racing in December 2020. That deal followed a blitz of acquisitions in European soccer where MSP took stakes in…

When it comes to all-around sports excellence in the SEC, nobody tops Rocky Top. Tennessee won its third straight SEC All-Sports title, finishing first in 2023-24 standings in the men’s division and second in the women’s division. That was good enough for the Volunteers to take the overall title, presented by the USA TODAY Network.…

Josef Newgarden won a final lap duel with Pato O’Ward to become the first back-to-back winner of the Indianapolis 500 in 22 years on Sunday. Newgarden’s victory capped an eventful afternoon at the Brickyard that saw the start delayed by four hours due to severe storms and the race interrupted by multiple cautions. Yet the…

Kieran McKenna is no longer being considered to replace Mauricio Pochettino at Chelsea, with three now left in the race and an appointment expected this week. The leading candidates are Thomas Frank, Enzo Maresca and Roberto De Zerbi. All three men are seen as having the right attributes for the job. The list reflects a…

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) – Starting as early as this week, your child can be out of the house and honing their sports skills. All summer long, area high schools and the South Dakota School of Mines are hosting summer sports camps covering a wide variety of sports and skills. For a comprehensive schedule of…

Here’s what drivers were saying after Christopher Bell’s win at Charlotte Motor Speedway: Christopher Bell — Winner: “It feels so good. And really, the last two Coca-Cola 600s I felt like we’ve had the potential to go to victory lane and both times we haven’t been able to do it. So to come back in…

Bob Pockrass FOX NASCAR Insider <!–> CONCORD, N.C. — Kyle Larson’s “double” started with rain and ended with it. Rain delayed the start of the Indianapolis 500 for four hours and spoiled Larson’s plans to start both the 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 near Charlotte on the same day. Larson finished 18th in the Indianapolis 500,…