Nick Schulz is the Editor of Tech Central Station and has worked in media circles and the ideas industry as a writer, editor, television producer and policy analyst. His writings have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Slate, The National Post of Canada, The Baltimore Sun, Investor's Business Daily, The Washington Times, National Review, Reason, Policy Review, and several other publications. He is also, it should be said, a rabid sports fan whose fandom is inversely proportional to his overall athletic ability.
Eight-time European No 1 Montgomerie ...said golf's rulemakers had to take a step back and provide more long-term solutions to thwart the continued advance in golf club technology which helps players power the ball vast distances.
"We are reaching a point where a decision has to be made," Montgomerie said.
"We cannot keep spending money using new land. We don't have to, we have an option. We can change the ball.
"I have said it for years and I'm not alone in my view."
The International Cricket Council has once again sought to defend its decision to rely more on technology, saying the proposals were aimed at minimising errors and not undermining the on-field umpires in any way.
"The on-field umpires will continue to make the decisions. Their role is no way being compromised," International Cricket Council General Manager Dave Richardson said.
The top ICC official was referring to the proposal which will allow players to make three appeals per innings to the third umpire if they feel a decision made by the on-field umpire is incorrect.
In a match made in branding heaven, Nike and Apple got together last week to unveil, depending on whether you're a jock or a geek, a shoe that talks or an iPod that monitors your running sessions. The Nike+iPod Sport Kit, which will sell for $29 when it comes out early this summer, consists of two pieces: a pebble-size sensor that goes into the insole of Air Zoom Moire running shoes (about $100) and a ticket-stub-size receiver that plugs into an iPod nano. Once you get on the road, the sensor constantly monitors your run, noting time, distance, pace and calories burned. Then, using a low-power radio frequency, it sends the data to the iPod.
He has always seen the picture, broken it down scientifically, then presented his findings to his players so they could give him a better picture in the next game.
The only difference over the years -- from his start as an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers in 1979-80 to being head coach for the Miami Heat now -- is the technology.
He has gone from working with tapes that went blank when he rewound them to having a computer operations room with a staff, which isolates mistakes from every angle and quantifies them on a spreadsheet.
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Nick Schulz is the Editor of Tech Central Station and has worked in media circles and the ideas industry as a writer, editor, television producer and policy analyst. His writings have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Slate, The National Post of Canada, The Baltimore Sun, Investor's Business Daily, The Washington Times, National Review, Reason, Policy Review, and several other publications. He is also, it should be said, a rabid sports fan whose fandom is inversely proportional to his overall athletic ability.
