Have you ever wondered how game officials know if the football has passed the goal line, in situations where it’s hidden under a pile-up of players? Well, sometimes they don’t know, and they just have to hope that it isn’t moved as the players get up. A team of researchers from North Carolina State University, Carnegie

With the NBA playoffs in full swing, you’ve probably added “own a professional basketball team” to your list of goals. Here’s how the league’s current owners earned the cash to make it happen. All photos courtesy of Getty Images. 1. ATLANTA HAWKS BRUCE LEVENSON, MICHAEL GEARON JR.   Owner Since: 2004 The Numbers: Forbes estimates the Hawks

  Sports fans could soon be able to watch games from a never-before-seen perspective – their favorite players. San Francisco startup, CrowdOptic, wants to share this unique vantage point with fans through their mobile devices. It’s partnered with the Sacramento Kings, which has put Google glass in the hands of players. “Say Demarcus Cousins is

  THIS COULD BE A REVOLUTION IN BASKETBALL & SPORTS TRAINING.  The 94Fifty combines both training sensors (on the ball itself) and a smartphone app, which communicate with each other over Bluetooth, as well as a Pixel Qi wireless charging system.  The 94fifty  has four modes: Workout, Quicktraining, Compete and Challenge.  Workout is a mode

It’s been rumored for months that the NBA has been looking for an exclusive mobile partner to begin streaming live NBA games to mobile devices, and it looks like it just found it. Today, the NBA and Samsung have signed a major deal that will allow the electronics company access to the NBA’s global market,

    The future of the National Basketball Association showed up to the draft last night wearing the future of technology. Indiana University’s Victor Oladipo arrived at NBA Draft in New York City on Thursday clad in Google Glass. He wore the high-tech specs during interviews throughout the day and on the bus with potential draftees, though

Jay-Z has quietly maneuvered himself into some of the most prestigious circles in sports.Now, with the recent signing of NBA Superstar Kevin Durant to his Roc Nation Sports agency, this bold move has solidified  him as one of the top sports managers in the nation. On his Instagram account, Durant posted a photo of Shawn Carter inking

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  JONESBORO, Ga. — Mookie Blaylock, former NBA player for the Atlanta Hawks, was taken off life support shortly after 8:00 p.m., and is now in guarded, but critical condition. On Friday evening, 11Alive learned from Jonesboro Police Chief Allen that another person involved in the crash died. 41-year-old Monica Murphy of Gwinnett County passed

By Digital Afro Lead Editor: Stephen Brown Jay Harris is a 17 year old high school football star in the Philadelphia area, who committed to playing his college ball next season at Michigan State. He’s also a rapper known as “Jay DatBull,” and the two identities  it seems, are not mixing well. Recently, Harris had his Michigan

It seems that every week, a celeb has filed for bankruptcy or loses the millions they once had. Former NBA star Allen Iverson is no different. He made over $140 million dollar playing basketball and that doesn’t include his huge Reebok deal and various other endorsement deals. His story is a cautionary tale to athletes

A senior U.S. intelligence official says two more explosive devices have been found near the scene of the Boston marathon where two bombs detonated earlier. The official said that crews were working to dismantle the devices. It was not immediately clear the size, or the type of devices had been found. The official spoke on