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USA Today
01-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
No more index cards: NFL to adopt Hawk-Eye tech to measure first down yardage
No more index cards: NFL to adopt Hawk-Eye tech to measure first down yardage Sometimes the NFL is pretty far behind the times. And technology. For instance they have had the technology required to gauge whether a ball had cross the first down line for years, but declined to use it, opting instead of the eye test on the chain gang. Well, that process has finally change. The Sony's Hawk-Eye technology will now be used to measure the line to gain. Which means less possibility of human error and guesswork. And -- as in at least one infamous instance -- no more index cards. You might recall a few years ago in a game between the Cowboys and Raiders when now former NFL referee-turned-TV-analyst Gene Steratore attempted to measure whether a ball had reached the first down marker by using an index card. Which would only actually work if he was absolutely sure he was completely parallel with the field lines. Something he simply couldn't know without, say, an assist from some sort of technology. As you might suspect, Steratore's rudimentary measuring device gave the Cowboys the first down and Raiders fans were furious about it. When it happened, announcer Al Michaels and Chris Collinsworth were both in utter disbelief. Michaels in particularl noted that "Here we are, across the Bay from Silicon Valley, the high-tech capital of the world, and you got an index card that determines whether it's a first down or a fourth down." What's ironic, I suppose, is before the card maneuver, Cowboys' head coach Jason Garrett was complaining that the marker was leaning out and, had it been stood upright, it would show the Cowboys did have the first down, index card or not. That's a lot of perfection expected from what amounts to at least four different individuals at different points of this to figure out something so precise. Hopefully the technology here will eliminate that human error. Or at least considerably limit it.
Boston Globe
27-02-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Geno Auriemma, Phil Martelli headline Joe Lapchick Character Award recipients
The Hall of Fame coach has a long-standing bond with Martelli back to when Auriemma was an assistant coach for him at Bishop Kenrick High School in Pennsylvania. Martelli recommended Auriemma for an assistant position at Virginia with Debbie Ryan, a job he held before getting the UConn position in 1986. Advertisement Martelli led Saint Joseph's for 24 seasons as the head coach, guiding the Hawks to seven NCAA Tournament appearances. His 2004 team made the Elite Eight after going undefeated in the regular season. Martelli's squad lost in the conference tournament to Xavier and then was beaten by Oklahoma State in the East Regional Final. He was the AP Coach of the Year that season and won 444 games in his career. Steratore was a Division I men's basketball official from 1997-2018, working in the Big East, Big Ten, and Atlantic 10 conferences. He also worked two Sweet 16 games in the NCAA Tournament. Steratore also has been on CBS broadcasts during March Madness providing rule explanations. It's a role he's also done in the NFL. Steratore was an NFL official for 15 seasons. McLaughlin served as Fordham's athletic director from 1985-2012 before being promoted to the role of associate vice president of student affairs for athletic alumni relations and external affairs/athletic director emeritus. He retired in 2023. Before becoming an AD, McLaughlin was a college coach, leading the Harvard men's basketball team from 1977-85. The team went 15-9 in his final year there. This is the 17th year the award will be presented to those who have shown the character traits of Lapchick, who coached at St. John's and with the Knicks. The quartet will be honored at a luncheon on Sept. 19 in New York. Advertisement
NBC Sports
27-01-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Gene Steratore thought Bills converted Josh Allen sneak in fourth quarter
The Chiefs moved back into the lead in the fourth quarter of Sunday's AFC Championship Game after forcing a turnover on downs, but the call that got them the ball back came with some controversy. Bills quarterback Josh Allen tried a sneak on fourth down to pick up the yard the Bills needed to continue the drive and two officials had two different spots after the play. One would have given the Bills the first down, but the other had them just short and that was the one that went under replay review to determine the ultimate result of the play. The call on the field stood, but CBS rules analyst Gene Steratore said he thought that was the incorrect call. Steratore said he thought Allen crossed the line for a first down by 'a third of the football' and that the Bills should have maintained possession. Steratore wasn't part of the officiating crew, however, and the Chiefs went up 29-21 thanks to the call of the one that's actually working the game.
