The clever engineering behind the NFL's virtual yellow first-down line
Great timing on Vox's part in explaining this magical yellow virtual first-down line in the NFL. Today is the Super Bowl game between the Carolina Panthers and the Denver Broncos and if you've always wondered how that wonderful yellow line crosses the field without going over players' uniforms -- making it seem like the yellow line is actually on the field itself no matter what camera angle -- then this video is for you. Lots of tech, engineering, and mathematical calculations involved as you can imagine.
The company behind it is Sportvision and they do a ton of other on-screen graphics during live broadcasts of sports games.
Real Talk: Key & Peele do commentary for The Big Game
This Sunday, February 7th, Key and Peele are busting out their best sports commentator outfits and doing a full-game commentary for The Super Bowl. They've set up a site called Real Talk with tons of photos and quotes all to get you hyped for their upcoming show. If you've seen their football names skits previously, you will no doubt enjoy this game day commentary. I'd be surprised if they didn't incorporate some of that into the day's events too.
Tune in! It should be lots of laughs!