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Amazon Web Services inks deal with the PGA Tour, its latest cloud computing sports deal

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Amazon Web Services continues to expand its reach into the sports world. Amazon’s other sports-related deals include streaming the NFL’s Thursday Night Football and its All or Nothing sports documentaries that stream on Prime Video. East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Ga.

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Sport analytics leverage AI and ML to improve the game

CIO Business Intelligence

Nearly 10 years ago, Bill James, a pioneer in sports analytics methodology, said if there’s one thing he wished more people understood about sabermetrics, pertaining to baseball, it’s that the data is not the point. million video frames and documents about 100 million locations and positions of players on the field.

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Seattle Seahawks’ deep dive into analytics starts with a ‘data lake’ built by Amazon Web Services

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It’s trendy these days to turn to sports data analytics for a deep dive into how a team is set up to compete and what metrics make the most sense for how players perform in a game. For the Seattle Seahawks, that dive starts with a “data lake” built with Amazon Web Services. (GeekWire File Photo / Kevin Lisota).

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MLSE looks to revolutionize sports experience with digital R&D lab

CIO Business Intelligence

Digital solutions and data analytics are changing the world of sports entertainment at a rapid clip. From how players train, to how teams make strategic decisions during games, to how venues operate and fans engage, sports organizations are turning to software engineers and data scientists to help transform the sport experience.

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Amazon inks another sports deal as AWS will power NHL’s digital transformation and in-game analytics

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Amazon Web Services is broadening its reach across the professional sports landscape, announcing a new partnership with the National Hockey League Wednesday to be the official cloud, artificial intelligence, and machine learning infrastructure provider for the league. (AWS Image).

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Tech Moves: Ad Lightning CEO Scott Moore steps down; Amazon Prime Video adds Nike vet

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Frechtling was most recently president of G2 Web Services, a Verisk Analytics company. G2 Web Services provides risk management services for e-commerce merchants. Before joining G2 Web Services in 2015, Frechtling was vice president of global website products for digital marketing company Hibu.

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NFL reveals new ‘Expected Rush Yards’ stat, with help from Amazon Web Services

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Football fans wondering whether the next handoff to a running back could be another Beast Quake have another stat to track thanks to Next Gen Stats , the platform powered by Amazon Web Services. The information is shown to fans online and on TV broadcasts; teams also leverage the data internally for strategic purposes.