Hacker News with Generative AI: Sports

MLB says Yankees’ new “torpedo bats” are legal and likely coming (thelibertyline.com)
You score 20 runs, hit 9 bombs, and people start asking questions. That’s exactly what happened to the Yankees on Saturday after they revealed the “torpedo bat” during their demolition of the Milwaukee Brewers.

Baseball, Sports

300 points by cf100clunk 2 days ago | 409 comments

MIT Physicist's "Torpedo Bat" Sparks MLB Power Surge (nytimes.com)
Why ‘torpedo bats’ have players across MLB intrigued after Yankees’ power surge

Baseball, Physics, Sports

5 points by tmshapland 2 days ago | 0 comments

Madison Square Garden Bans Fan After Surveillance System IDs Him as CEO Critic (gizmodo.com)
Madison Square Garden is home to the New York Knicks, one of the most storied performance venues in the country, and a surveillance state dystopia.

Surveillance, Privacy, Sports, New York

92 points by miles 4 days ago | 16 comments

Interview with the Creator of Deluxe Ski Jump (spillhistorie.no)
This is a complicated time for ski jumping in Norway. Interest has been declining for years, with plenty of negative press, and it all peaked recently with the disappointing revelations of widespread suit cheating among Norwegian jumpers. But perhaps we can use this rough patch to reminisce about truly great ski jumping experiences — experiences that, of course, took place in front of a screen.

Gaming, Sports, Nostalgia

80 points by Kolorabi 5 days ago | 13 comments

A dangerous epidemic in boxing: the tragic, cautionary tale of Paul Bamba (theguardian.com)
Paul Bamba was ambitious and loved by his friends and family. But his quest for success was built on dubious fights and a fatal disregard for his own health

Boxing, Sports, Health, Tragedy

6 points by c420 5 days ago | 1 comments

Has the tennis ball gotten worse? (defector.com)
The best way to snap an athlete out of platitude autopilot in a press conference is to get them to vent about some technical complaint.

Sports, Tennis, Analysis

3 points by surprisetalk 7 days ago | 0 comments

New Zealand 15-year-old becomes youngest person to run a four-minute mile (cnn.com)

Sports, Athletics, New Zealand, Records

19 points by mooreds 13 days ago | 3 comments

The belay test and the modern American climbing gym (climbing.com)
Forty years ago, there was not a single purpose-built climbing gym in the U.S. In 1987, Seattle’s Vertical Club opened and a year later, the Portland Rock Gym launched. But the concept of a profitable indoor climbing gym was far from proven. This is the story of the person whose vision and determination would revolutionize climbing gyms as we know them today.

Climbing, History, Business, Entrepreneurship, Sports

155 points by vasco 14 days ago | 108 comments

Stamina Is a Quiet Advantage (kupajo.com)
Stamina usually has a physical and competitive connotation — those with greater stamina can outwork and outlast opponents.

Stamina, Competition, Sports, Fitness, Advantage

227 points by kolyder 15 days ago | 104 comments

At 95, He's the World's Oldest Speedskater. He's Gunning for 100. (nytimes.com)
When Iichi Marumo competed in his first international race seven years ago in Moscow, the Japanese speedskater moved down the ice at about the pace of a brisk jog. It took him three times as long to cross the finish line as most of the other skaters that day.

Sports, Aging, Japan

14 points by bookofjoe 16 days ago | 3 comments

Ex-NFL star trades the gridiron to grow food for those in need (csmonitor.com)
President Donald Trump has steered the United States firmly back into the realm of power politics. And power politics is all about leverage. Three of our stories today offer varied views of leverage – from the Democrats’ lack of it (see the briefs), to Saudi Arabia’s ability to be a major player in the global game, to the complex calculations of tariffs. Together, they’re a portrait of how the world is shifting.

Sports, Social Impact, Food Security

8 points by Tomte 18 days ago | 1 comments

Strava bans user for running in North Korea (dcrainmaker.com)
On the list of quirky things, I didn’t have “Strava bans user for running in North Korea” on my bingo card today. But here we are. I’ve just spent the last hour going down the rabbit hole that is the Pyongyang Marathon (in North Korea), and it turns out – it’s a thing. As in, as thing that outsiders come and run. There’s even an official website for it. In fact, there’s been 31 editions of it.

Sports, North Korea, Social Media, Running

11 points by concerto 19 days ago | 1 comments

Firing the refs doesn't end the game (pluralistic.net)
Firing the refs doesn't end the game: It just means there aren't any rules.

Sports, Society, Rules

7 points by hn_acker 19 days ago | 1 comments

Cheating scandal shocks ski jumping, topples Olympic champions (apnews.com)

Sports, Olympics, Scandals, Skiing

19 points by frereubu 20 days ago | 10 comments

Strava Bans User for Running in North Korea (dcrainmaker.com)
On the list of quirky things, I didn’t have “Strava bans user for running in North Korea” on my bingo card today. But here we are. I’ve just spent the last hour going down the rabbit hole that is the Pyongyang Marathon (in North Korea), and it turns out – it’s a thing. As in, as thing that outsiders come and run. There’s even an official website for it. In fact, there’s been 31 editions of it.

North Korea, Running, Travel, Sports

13 points by djrobstep 20 days ago | 0 comments

The household item turning runners into world record holders (nbcnews.com)
In an eight-day span in February, seven of track and field's historic marks were broken. And it's partly thanks to baking soda.

Sports, Science, World Records

6 points by rurban 24 days ago | 2 comments

What if football championships were lineal? (ufnc.xyz)
Starting from Italian championship, you can follow titles, defenses and challenges.

Sports, Football, History, Data Analysis

14 points by tigro7 29 days ago | 12 comments

Google Must Testify as LaLiga Demands Criminal Liability for 'Piracy Profits' (torrentfreak.com)
A court in Murcia, Spain, has ordered Google to testify in a criminal case concerning IPTV app, NewPlay. Football league LaLiga, whose matches were allegedly offered illegally through the app, previously called for the directors of Google, Apple, and Huawei to face criminal charges.

Google, Lawsuits, Piracy, Sports, Spain

11 points by gslin 30 days ago | 3 comments

US threatens permanent visa bans on trans athletes based on sex markers (theguardian.com)
The US state department has ordered officials worldwide to deny visas to transgender athletes attempting to come to the US for sports competitions and to issue permanent visa bans against those who are deemed to misrepresent their birth sex on visa applications.

Politics, Transgender Rights, Sports, Immigration, Visa Policy

14 points by anticorporate 35 days ago | 7 comments

Show HN: Visualising how elite distance runners train (enduranceviz.com)
A visualisation of elite runners' training metadata based on 2024 public Strava data.

Data Visualization, Running, Sports, Strava

7 points by danielcwq 36 days ago | 2 comments

Cloudflare takes legal action over LaLiga's "disproportionate blocking efforts" (broadbandtvnews.com)
Cloudflare has launched a legal action against LaLiga over IP blocking action that it says blocked millions of users from accessing unrelated websites.

Legal Action, Internet, Sports, Blocking

169 points by mrvikdev 37 days ago | 132 comments

Show HN: SQL Premier League – Learn SQL with Sports Data (sqlpremierleague.com)

SQL, Education, Sports, Data

10 points by ayushpawar 38 days ago | 1 comments

The Weird New Putting Technique That's Driving the Golf World Nuts (wsj.com)
An unorthodox putting technique called AimPoint is taking over the sport. Not everyone is happy about it.

Golf, Sports, Techniques, Controversy

32 points by Jimmc414 40 days ago | 18 comments

'Normal thing to do': Japanese fans tidy up at World Cup (2022) (apnews.com)
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The sight of Japanese fans at a World Cup bagging trash after a match — win or lose — always surprises non-Japanese. Japanese players are famous for doing the same in their team dressing room: hanging up towels, cleaning the floor, and even leaving a thank-you note.

Sports, Japan, Culture, World Cup

4 points by kamaraju 40 days ago | 0 comments

Ugandan runner Jacob Kiplimo completes first ever sub-57 minute half marathon (cnn.com)

Sports, Running, Records, Uganda

171 points by mooreds 44 days ago | 149 comments

Basketball has evolved into a game of calculated decision-making (nabraj.com)
Basketball has evolved from a game of unpredictability into a game of calculated decision-making with the use of data and analytics.

Basketball, Sports, Analytics, Data Science

126 points by nabaraz 46 days ago | 261 comments

The NBA Apple Vision Pro app now has a 3D tabletop view (uploadvr.com)
The official NBA Apple Vision Pro app now has Tabletop, a diorama-scale virtual representation of the live game you're watching.

Sports, Augmented Reality, Apple, Virtual Reality

133 points by matheussampaio 47 days ago | 108 comments

The US has exposed the World Anti-Doping Agency's precarious funding model (phys.org)
Warren Buffet once famously said: "you only find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes out."

Sports, Anti-Doping, Funding

23 points by PaulHoule 47 days ago | 9 comments

FA Cup to use semi-automated offsides for first time (bbc.com)
Semi-automated offside technology will be used in English domestic football for the first time during the fifth round of the FA Cup.

Sports, Technology, Football

6 points by gnabgib 48 days ago | 2 comments

Trump rescinds Biden-era equal pay guidance for male and female college athletes (deseret.com)
President Donald Trump voiced his support for women and girls in sports last week but his Department of Education on Wednesday revoked Biden-era guidance that universities must equitably distribute direct payments to male and female athletes.

Sports, Politics, Education, Gender Equality

10 points by hn_acker 48 days ago | 5 comments