Tag Archives: instant replay
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This Day In Sports History (March 11th) — NFL Adopts Instant Replay
It was on this day in 1986 that the National Football League announced it would use instant replay for the upcoming season. In 1986, the technology was nowhere near what it is today, which made instant replay unpopular with players, coaches and the fans. As a result, in 1992 the NFL decided to abandon its [...]
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Check Out This Thrilling Play At The Plate To End A Kickball Game (Video)
Hipsters were the ones who started the whole “grownups playing kickball” fad. But it was the yupsters—young urban professional hipsters—who organized it and created a national tournament circuit with a $10,000 championship payout. So in other words, in case you hadn’t noticed, people take their kickball pretty seriously these days. Thus, when a national open [...]
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What a Time To Be Alive: 9 Ways Technology Changed Sports Forever
Sports, despite being steeped in tradition, are certainly not exempt from the forward march of technology. Every day, people are designing racquets that hit harder, shoes that prevent injury, and sports drinks that fuel more. However, these constant, but small innovations are often punctuated by larger ones that are so massive, we don’t even recall [...]
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Another MLB Ump Blows Call. Time For Instant Replay Yet? (Video)
If Jim Joyce’s blown call during Armando Galarraga’s “almost perfect game” wasn’t enough to get MLB Commissioner Bud Selig to change his mind about instant replay in baseball, perhaps this blown call from last night’s game between the Florida Marlins and the Philadelphia Phillies will be. After blowing a two-run lead in the top of [...]
