Hacker News with Generative AI: Sports

Pope Leo XIV Is a Sox Fan, Despite the Hope from Cubs Fans, Brother Confirms (blockclubchicago.org)
CHICAGO — The Cubs looked for awhile like that they had a pope in their corner. But not so fast. Pope Leo XIV is actually a White Sox fan, his older brother said.
Sports, Religion, Chicago
9 points by mooreds 13 hours ago | 2 comments
Reborn in the USA: has cricket cracked the American market? (theguardian.com)
A lack of pitches, kit and coaching has held the sport back for far too long but Major League Cricket may be the answer
Cricket, Sports, USA, Business
5 points by PaulHoule 1 day ago | 2 comments
Lego built full-size F1 cars for the Miami GP drivers' parade (nytimes.com)
Formula One’s driver parade for the 2025 Miami Grand Prix will surely go down as one of the most memorable in the sport’s recent history.
Formula One, Sports, Lego, Design
30 points by jakubmazanec 3 days ago | 4 comments
Cognitive Benefits of Open-Skill Sports in Childhood: Evidence from ABCD Study (nlm.nih.gov)
This study analyzed baseline data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study, comprising 11,869 children aged 9-10 years. Participants were categorized into open-skill sports group (OSG), closed-skill sports group (CSG), and non-sport group (NSG). Cognitive performance was assessed using seven tasks from the NIH Toolbox, covering executive function, processing speed, and language domains. Group differences were examined using ANCOVA, controlling for sex, race, parental education, income, Area Deprivation Index (ADI), body mass index (BMI), and total time spent in activities.
Cognitive Science, Child Development, Sports, Research, Neuroscience
8 points by pseudolus 4 days ago | 1 comments
Tippy Coco: A Free, Open-Source Game Inspired by Slime Volleyball (tippycoco.com)
Waking the beasts... Game is ready. Press [spacebar] to launch.
Video Games, Open Source, Sports, Volleyball
70 points by stefankuehnel 5 days ago | 16 comments
The greatest soccer player never to play soccer (wikipedia.org)
Carlos Henrique Raposo (born 2 April 1963), commonly known as Carlos Kaiser, is a Brazilian con artist and former footballer.
Soccer, Sports, Brazil, Con Artists
8 points by zwischenzug 5 days ago | 1 comments
What makes a Kentucky Derby champion? Big hearts, immense lungs, & powerful legs (apnews.com)
Israeli Cabinet ministers to vote on whether to expand Gaza fighting
Kentucky Derby, Horse Racing, Sports, Biology, Animal Physiology
7 points by c420 6 days ago | 0 comments
Elite athletes warned to avoid one-night stands over risk of failing drug tests (theguardian.com)
Elite athletes have been warned against having one-night stands because of the risk they could be ­contaminated with banned drugs from engaging in casual sex.
Sports, Drugs, Health, Relationships
4 points by bookofjoe 8 days ago | 0 comments
Liverpool's title win has completed a mysterious Fibonacci sequence (bbc.com)
Liverpool FC's victory at the weekend has clinched them their second Premier League title but it also resulted in something curious – producing a strange series of numbers in the league's record books.
Sports, Football, Liverpool FC, Mathematics, Statistics
112 points by pseudolus 8 days ago | 55 comments
Liverpool's title win has completed a mysterious Fibonacci sequence (bbc.com)
Liverpool FC's victory at the weekend has clinched them their second Premier League title but it also resulted in something curious – producing a strange series of numbers in the league's record books.
Sports, Football, Statistics, Liverpool FC
10 points by Lyngbakr 11 days ago | 0 comments
Inside the dirtiest race in Olympic history (theguardian.com)
How did the women’s 1500m in the 2012 London Olympics get its unenviable reputation? Athletes who were cheated out of medals talk about what happened that day – and how the results have slowly unravelled
Sports, Olympics, History, Controversy
5 points by frereubu 13 days ago | 0 comments
A parasitical business model: how ticket resellers squeeze out loyal supporters (theguardian.com)
At first glance it was not obvious why Manchester City fans were so upset about the announcement at the end of last month that the club had signed a multi-year agreement with Viagogo.
Business Models, Ticket Reselling, Fan Culture, Manchester City, Sports
5 points by PaulHoule 16 days ago | 3 comments
More than 20 robots race alongside humans at half marathon in Beijing (abc.net.au)
Humanoid robots have joined thousands of runners at a half marathon in Beijing — the first time these machines have raced alongside humans in a 21-kilometre course.
Robotics, Sports, China, Running, AI
5 points by Brajeshwar 17 days ago | 0 comments
Most Humanoid Robots Fail to Finish Half Marathon in Beijing (wired.com)
About 12,000 human athletes ran in a half-marathon race in Beijing on Saturday, but most of the attention was on a group of other, more unconventional participants: 21 humanoid robots.
Robotics, Sports, China
6 points by Utubepublisher 18 days ago | 0 comments
Stumbling and Overheating, Most Humanoid Robots Fail to Finish Beijing Marathon (wired.com)
About 12,000 human athletes ran in a half marathon race in Beijing on Saturday, but most of the attention was on a group of other, more unconventional participants: 21 humanoid robots.
Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Sports, China
11 points by gnabgib 19 days ago | 1 comments
The grit and glory of British toe wrestling (huckmag.com)
The Obsessives — Born out of a Derbyshire pub in the ’70s, the foot clenching sport has gradually built a cult following in rural England. Ginnia Cheng reported on toe wrestling’s London debut from a south Tottenham pub.
Sports, Culture, England, UK
3 points by pseudolus 20 days ago | 0 comments
Robots race in Chinese half marathon (bbc.com)
Robots ran alongside humans at the Yizhuang half marathon in Beijing on Saturday.
Robotics, Sports, China, Events
6 points by dazhbog 20 days ago | 0 comments
Robots in Half Marathon at China (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.
Robotics, Sports, China
10 points by achow 20 days ago | 1 comments
China pits humanoid robots against humans in half-marathon for first time (theguardian.com)
Twenty-one humanoid robots joined thousands of runners at the Yizhuang half-marathon in Beijing on Saturday, the first time these machines have raced alongside humans over a 21km course.
Robotics, China, Sports, Humanoid Robots, Artificial Intelligence
7 points by n1b0m 20 days ago | 0 comments
Chinese robots lose against humans in half-marathon (dw.com)
Beijing held a half-marathon where humanoid robots competed against humans. Organizers called the race a show of technological prowess and said they did not expect the robots to win — and they didn't.
Robotics, China, Sports, Human-Robot Interaction
5 points by KnuthIsGod 20 days ago | 0 comments
Show HN: Undercutf1 – F1 Live Timing TUI with Driver Tracker, Variable Delay (github.com/JustAman62)
undercut-f1 is an open source F1 Live Timing client.
Open Source, Formula 1, Programming, Sports, Tools
301 points by deltaknight 20 days ago | 73 comments
Ref Butts and Slam Dunks: What It's Like Photographing an NBA Game (petapixel.com)
Distance is not a problem. Photographers at NBA games are so close that referees, coaches, and players can block their shots.
Photography, NBA, Sports
43 points by PaulHoule 21 days ago | 32 comments
Olympic Gold Medalist Dominates the 100M at Her Kid's Sports Day Event (kottke.org)
If you’re one of those people who watches the Olympics and wishes they’d put a normal person in the competition so we can see how fast the athletes really are, this one’s for you.
Olympics, Sports, Humor
63 points by oatsandsugar 21 days ago | 55 comments
Building an AI that watches rugby (nickjones.tech)
There’s a gap in rugby data.
Sports, Artificial Intelligence, Rugby
87 points by reddavis 22 days ago | 45 comments
The physics of bowling strike after strike (arstechnica.com)
New model uses 6 differential equations relating to a rotating rigid body for best strike conditions.
Physics, Sports, Bowling, Mathematics
47 points by noleary 23 days ago | 23 comments
How I created a real-time F1 circuit tracker that updates every second on iOS (apple.com)
Stay on top of the 2025 Get live race updates, detailed schedules, circuit maps, and driver standings – all in one place.
Real-time Data, Mobile Apps, Formula 1, iOS Development, Sports
10 points by silverr 24 days ago | 7 comments
Formula-1-inspired carbon electric skateboard shoots riders up to 45 MPH (newatlas.com)
The Mach One ain't your average electric skateboard.
Sports, Technology, Transportation, Electric Vehicles
10 points by ashitlerferad 30 days ago | 0 comments
Alex Ovechkin ties Wayne Gretzky's NHL record with 894 career goals (nytimes.com)
WASHINGTON — It took Alex Ovechkin 1,486 games, almost 7,000 shots on net and nearly 20 seasons of work to catch Wayne Gretzky and his NHL career goals record.
Sports, Hockey, NHL, Records
5 points by ChrisArchitect 34 days ago | 1 comments
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
306 points by cf100clunk 39 days ago | 413 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 39 days ago | 0 comments