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Toronto Sun
2 days ago
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- Toronto Sun
NHL is expanding use of Hawk-Eye measuring and tracking, potentially solving some on-ice issues
Published Jun 04, 2025 • 2 minute read NHL commissioner Gary Bettman addresses a media conference prior to the NHL game hockey between the Los Angeles Kings and the Utah Hockey Club, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025, in Los Angeles. Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea / AP Commissioner Gary Bettman at the NHL general managers meeting this spring had a clear answer for when the league might be able to use tracking technology to determine a variety of things with certainty, from high-sticking to whether a puck fully crossed the goal line. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account 'When we're certain that it works,' Bettman said at the time. 'We will test it and re-test it, but we haven't hesitated to spend the money or the time on technology to improve the game.' The NHL is taking another step in that innovation with the expansion of the use of Hawk-Eye measuring and tracking techology as part of a new techology partnership with Sony announced Wednesday, hours before the start of the Stanley Cup Final. The same technology that has become omnipresent in tennis to determine whether the ball is in or out has evolved to the point that it could in help hockey officials and the league's situation room make more precise calls for close plays on the ice. 'We're closer — we keep getting closer,' NHL executive VP of business development and innovation David Lehanski said. 'It's going to be a solution that includes multiple inputs and different types of technology. … Likely it will be a combination of active tracking in the puck, in the players, the jerseys — wherever it might be — optical cameras and maybe some other type of technology that all need to get stitched together.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The league has used Sony's Hawk-Eye technology for the past decade as part of Synchronized Multi-Angle Replay Technology (SMART) services in every team's arena to make replay reviews and coach's challenges faster and more accurate. It also helps organizations keep track of player health and safety. The technology has improved to the point where cameras capture 29 skeletal points on each player and three more on sticks. 'What that enables us to do is to have an incredibly high-fidelity, low-latency view of the athletes' movements in real time,' Hawk-Eye Innovations CEO Rufus Hack said. 'The NHL have a real clear vision around what they're going to do with this, but obviously it's still very much in the early stages of what that could look like for them.' Lehanski said a mix of various tech elements could help on the ice with everything from penalties to positioning on the ice. Off the ice, beyond animated telecasts and visualizations that will continue, the league is hoping Sony cameras can get the home viewing experience closer to in-arena excitement. '(It's about trying to) bring that game experience into everyone's homes,' Sony president of imaging products and solutions in the Americas Theresa Alesso said. 'As the cameras get better and smaller and lighter, get those angles to the game into someone's living room is really important.' Celebrity Columnists Crime Sunshine Girls World
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
MLB sees double-digit viewership increases in US and Japan
Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani rounds the bases on a solo home run in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets, Monday, June 2, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jayne Kamin-Oncea) NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball's viewer numbers in the United States and Japan during the first two months of the season have seen double-digit increases, MLB and Nielsen reported Tuesday. ESPN's coverage is up 22%, averaging 1.74 million viewers. It is the most-watched season on ESPN through the first two months since 2017. Advertisement This might be the last year ESPN is carrying baseball after it opted out of its rights deal in February. The MLB Tuesday package on TBS has a 16% increase. Fox Sports is up 10%, averaging 1.84 million viewers per game. Last Saturday night's 18-2 rout by the Los Angeles Dodgers over the New York Yankees averaged 2.2 million on Fox. The streaming package has seen its viewers increase 27%, with more than 7.5 billion minutes watched through Monday. Games on the NHK channels in Japan are averaging 2.7 million. The average does not include the Tokyo Series games between the Dodgers and Chicago Cubs which began the regular season. Advertisement The ratings are on pace for MLB's most-watched regular season in Japan as the audience has increased every year since 2021. On streaming viewership has increased 27% vs 2024, which was the most-watched season in the history of the service. For games through Monday, June 2, has more than 7.5 billion minutes watched this season. ___ AP MLB:
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
MLB sees double-digit viewership increases in US and Japan
Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani rounds the bases on a solo home run in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets, Monday, June 2, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jayne Kamin-Oncea) NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball's viewer numbers in the United States and Japan during the first two months of the season have seen double-digit increases, MLB and Nielsen reported Tuesday. ESPN's coverage is up 22%, averaging 1.74 million viewers. It is the most-watched season on ESPN through the first two months since 2017. Advertisement This might be the last year ESPN is carrying baseball after it opted out of its rights deal in February. The MLB Tuesday package on TBS has a 16% increase. Fox Sports is up 10%, averaging 1.84 million viewers per game. Last Saturday night's 18-2 rout by the Los Angeles Dodgers over the New York Yankees averaged 2.2 million on Fox. The streaming package has seen its viewers increase 27%, with more than 7.5 billion minutes watched through Monday. Games on the NHK channels in Japan are averaging 2.7 million. The average does not include the Tokyo Series games between the Dodgers and Chicago Cubs which began the regular season. Advertisement The ratings are on pace for MLB's most-watched regular season in Japan as the audience has increased every year since 2021. On streaming viewership has increased 27% vs 2024, which was the most-watched season in the history of the service. For games through Monday, June 2, has more than 7.5 billion minutes watched this season. ___ AP MLB:
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Clayton Kershaw is feeling grateful as he prepares for his 18th season debut with the Dodgers
Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw in the dugout during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Athletics,Tuesday, May 13, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jayne Kamin-Oncea) Los Angeles Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw tosses a ball as he walks through the dugout early in a baseball game against the Oakland Athletics, Wednesday, May 14, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jayne Kamin-Oncea) Los Angeles Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw tosses a ball as he walks through the dugout early in a baseball game against the Oakland Athletics, Wednesday, May 14, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jayne Kamin-Oncea) Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw in the dugout during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Athletics,Tuesday, May 13, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jayne Kamin-Oncea) Los Angeles Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw tosses a ball as he walks through the dugout early in a baseball game against the Oakland Athletics, Wednesday, May 14, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jayne Kamin-Oncea) LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers' rotation is wracked by injuries and having trouble pitching deep into games. Enter Clayton Kershaw. The three-time NL Cy Young Award winner begins his 18th season with the franchise on Saturday, taking the mound for the first time in nearly nine months against the Los Angeles Angels. Advertisement 'I don't take it for granted I get to go out there and pitch at Dodger Stadium,' the 37-year-old left-hander said Thursday. 'It'll be exciting to get back out there. 'Unfortunately, it comes at a time when we do need some starters.' Blake Snell (left shoulder inflammation) and Tyler Glasnow (right shoulder inflammation) are on the injured list with no timetable to return. Rookie Roki Sasaki joined them this week with a right shoulder impingement. The team's starters have pitched just 192 1/3 innings this season, fewest in the majors. Kershaw joins a rotation of Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Tony Gonsolin, Dustin May and Landon Knack. Advertisement He's been on the 60-day injured list after having surgeries on his left knee and left big toe in November. He went 2-2 with a 4.50 ERA in seven starts before injuries derailed him last season. In preparation for his first start with the Dodgers since Aug. 30, 2024, Kershaw made five rehab starts, including last weekend when he allowed two runs and two hits in four innings for Triple-A Oklahoma City. 'When you stop worrying about feeling bad and you start worrying about performance, that's kind of when you know you've turned the corner,' he said. 'Those last few rehab starts I was more concerned about throwing well and getting guys out than I was how my foot felt. I think that was a good sign for me physically.' Kershaw will tie Zack Wheat and Bill Russell for the most years with the Dodgers franchise when he starts this weekend. He and Russell are the only players to log 18 seasons since the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles in 1958. Kershaw is the longest-tenured player on the current roster. Advertisement 'Just getting back out on the mound is a big first step and then it's the rest of the season,' he said. Kershaw is 32 strikeouts from reaching 3,000 to go with his 212 career wins. 'I've thought about Saturday a lot,' he said. 'I haven't really thought about that a whole lot.' He's also been thinking about backup catcher Austin Barnes, who was cut Wednesday. One of Kershaw's best friends on and off the field, Barnes was part of two World Series championship teams and was the longest-tenured position player on the roster. The Dodgers called up 24-year-old Dalton Rushing, who started Thursday. Advertisement 'I think everybody was surprised. It's sad to see someone like that go,' Kershaw said. 'It's no disrespect to Dalton. I know he deserves it. He's going to be a great player.' Mostly, Kershaw has been smiling this week, enjoying being back with his teammates instead of just watching them on TV. 'When you haven't done something for a long time and you realize that you miss it, you miss competing and you miss being part of the team and contributing, there's a lot of gratitude and gratefulness to get back,' he said. But it's also about performance for the pitcher known for being meticulous and detail-oriented in his preparation. 'If I go out there and don't pitch good, it's going to go away real fast,' he said. 'Somebody'll tell me to retire at some point.' ___ AP MLB:
New York Times
07-05-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Rams announce Maui, Hawaii minicamp to help support wildfire recovery
The Los Angeles Rams will hold a minicamp in Maui, Hawaii, in June to promote tourism in a community ravaged by multiple wildfires over the last two years, the organization said Wednesday. 'Mauicamp' will feature two days of on-field workouts at War Memorial Stadium in Wailuku, Hawaii's second-largest island, and will run from Monday, June 16, through Thursday, June 19. After the team finishes its on-field activities Tuesday, the camp will host football clinics for both boys and girls. There are additional plans for a vacation sweepstakes and a field day for local children. Rams players will also help build four Habitat for Humanity homes in Lahaina, a historic town destroyed by wildfires in 2023. 'This partnership builds on the Rams' recent efforts to more deeply connect with fans in Hawai'i, including broadcasting preseason games across the Hawaiian Islands since 2018 and hosting a preseason game at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu in August 2019,' the Hawai'i Tourism Authority said in a statement announcing the event. People must receive an invite to attend the June 17 workout, but the one the following day will be free and open to the public. Tickets are required. The August 2023 wildfires killed 102 people, putting it among the nation's deadliest wildfires of the last century. The Environmental Protection Agency said about 2,200 structures burned in the fire. This isn't the first time the Rams have moved an event to help a community devastated by wildfires. Earlier this year, the team held their 2025 draft operations at a Los Angeles Fire Department Air Operations hangar in Van Nuys, California, in the aftermath of the Palisades and Eaton fires that devastated the region this winter. 'Drafting from LAFD Air Operations is a powerful reminder of what it means to represent Los Angeles,' Rams president Kevin Demoff said when the move was announced in April. 'Since the wildfires devastated our region in January, we have looked to bring LA together to help with the recovery efforts, raise the spirits of those impacted, and shine a light on our first responders. 'We are humbled to partner with LAFD during one of the NFL's biggest moments to express gratitude for those who risk their lives daily to protect our city.' (Photo: Jayne Kamin-Oncea / Getty Images)
