From The Elbow: On Jason Williams' Greatest Pass. On February 17, 1913, The International Exhibition of Modern Art debuted at the 69th Regiment Armory in New York City.
The Armory Show, as it came to be known, was a massive exposition of modern art, born primarily of styles that had been percolating in Europe and well outside the American art scene’s regular purview. The show featured over 1,300 works from more than 300 artists, including Matisse, Van Gogh, Picasso, Gauguin, Monet, Seurat and Cezanne. These artists are now thought of in critical and historic circles as heavy hitters; their work adorns our coffee mugs and bathroom walls. But in 1913 they were virtually unknown in America, and just trying to sell their paintings to make a living. Videogames Become a Spectator Sport. Bill Simmons and Zach Lowe on the watchability of every NBA team.
With the 2013-14 NBA season just 11 days away, Grantland’s Bill Simmons and Zach Lowe decided to blow out the annual League Pass Rankings with categories and an admittedly goofy scoring system.
The goal? To figure out which of this year’s NBA teams had the best chance to consistently steal our attention every night as we try to watch five games at once. Both Zach and Bill awarded each NBA team between 0 and 10 points in the following five categories: Category No. 1: Relevancy to the Playoff Picture These teams aren’t just contenders, but anyone with a chance to play in the postseason.
So, Philly would be a 0 and Miami would be a 10. Category No. 2: Stylistic/Systemic Appeal If you’re playing 80-79 games and shooting 35 percent every night, that should matter. Category No. 4: Individual Player Appeal If you have the likes of Durant, LeBron or Curry on your team, you’re in good shape. We scored each team on our own, then combined the scores into a bigger score.
Zach: Ouch. Using ArcGIS for sports analytics. By Damien Demaj, Cartographer The statistical component of sport has always provided a fascinating way to analyze performance and success.
This might simply be the final score, but for some sports, such as football, baseball, cricket, golf and tennis, meaningful analysis of every facet of the game and a player or team’s actions is part of the essence of the game itself. It is as common to see statistics and graphical summaries of the action reported as it is to see the action itself and this provides a fascinating insight into strategy as well as an explanation of outcome. In this blog entry we explore the results of the London Olympics Gold Medal tennis match between Roger Federer and Andy Murray to show how you can use GIS to identify particular patterns within the match that may not have been exposed by using traditional non-geographical analysis and display techniques.
Whilst figure 1 certainly carries a lot of visual impact it doesn’t actually tell us a whole lot. Capturing the data. SPORTSFRIENDS featuring Johann Sebastian Joust by Die Gute Fabrik. We're four game developers – Douglas Wilson, Ramiro Corbetta, Bennett Foddy, and Noah Sasso – joining forces to release Sportsfriends, a compendium of four highly acclaimed local multiplayer games: • Johann Sebastian Joust• BaraBariBall• Super Pole Riders• Hokra All four games are accessible, spectator-friendly, and deeply replayable.
They already exist as playable prototypes, and have been exhibited around the world at festivals and parties. They've received lots of honors and awards, including three IndieCade awards and the Innovation Award at the 2012 Game Developers Choice Awards. Most importantly, we know they're super fun. We want to take the current prototypes to completion, adding tons of different ways to play while keeping them simple at heart. Back us with $15 or more, and you'll get this package of four games PLUS exclusive rewards. "This is a game that people need to play. " I first prototyped the game in 2011 at the Nordic Game Jam. Hoopism.com. Time to break down two of the Games' most iconic sports. The Los Angeles Lakers are about to acquire Dwight Howard, because the NBA is the best/worst.
Research reveals the intimate side of boxing. By Lisa Ann Villarreal The Humanities at Stanford L.A.
Cicero Graduate student Friederike Knupling spars with Mike Francois at the East Palo Alto Boxing Club. An unlikely collaboration between the East Palo Alto Boxing Club and Stanford humanities researchers has revealed that the combination of physical intimacy and trust between boxers cultivates unexpected interpersonal connections. After coming to Stanford for graduate school, Friederike Knüpling, a doctoral candidate in German studies, continued her boxing hobby at the East Palo Alto Boxing Club. It was there that Knüpling, a German native, got more interested in how the constant closeness of the sport allowed the boxers to relate to one another in a uniquely non-verbal medium. Boxing, Knüpling said, allows her to feel a sense of "at-homeness" with people from different cultural backgrounds. She noticed the close-knit community among the athletes. After approaching the gym's founder and director, Johnnie C.
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