The NFL’s method for measuring first downs — two bright orange sticks and a chain — could soon be getting a technological upgrade. The league plans to test optical tracking for line-to-gain rulings in ...

The NFL has reportedly tested optical technology to track first downs in multiple games, including at February's Super Bowl. If approved and implemented, the technology would replace the long outdated ...

The National Football League plans to experiment with optical tracking technology this preseason, a move that could eventually make the league's sideline chain gang obsolete, according to sources in ...

On Friday afternoon, during the first day of panels at the 2013 MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, NYU-Polytechnic Institute professor Dr. Philip Z. Maymin presented a research paper that looked, ...

There could be a dramatic change coming to the way the NFL operates on a down-to-down basis. According to CBS Sports NFL Insider Jonathan Jones, the league tested optical tracking on line-to-gain ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA will become the first women's professional sports league in the U.S. to have league-wide optical tracking after entering a multi-year deal with Second Spectrum, a Genius ...

The clock might be ticking on the chain gang’s time on NFL sidelines. The league tested optical tracking for line-to-gain rulings at MetLife Stadium, Hard Rock Stadium and Super Bowl LVIII this season ...

The NFL’s use of the decidedly low-tech 10-yard chain to measure first downs could be replaced by high-tech optical tracking. The league today revealed that a system to measure first downs ...

In the aftermath of the latest example of the NFL’s imperfections when it comes to determining whether the football got to where the offense needed it to go, it’s not time for excuses as to why the ...