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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Commissioner Cathy Engelbert speaks at the WNBA basketball draft Monday, April 10, 2023, in New York. The WNBA Draft will ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 chain may no longer keep us together. The NFL is moving forward this preseason with an optical tracking system for line-to-gain rulings, sources tell CBS Sports. The system had been tried out in a ...

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 ...

NEW YORKNEW YORK — 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 ...