For decades, the NFL has used a couple of orange poles connected by a 10-yard-long chain to measure the line to gain for first downs. That is changing in 2025. NFL Network's Tom Pelissero reported ...

The NFL will replace the chain gang with a virtual measuring system starting in the 2025 season. The virtual system, developed by Sony’s Hawk-Eye, will determine the line of scrimmage and can be used ...

Some time in the mid-Noughties, the experienced chair umpire John Parry made a trip to the annual Champions’ Tour event at the Royal Albert Hall. The idea was to check out a newfangled device called ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Southeastern Conference is reporting that it will be using a multi-sport video review system supplied by Hawk-Eye Innovations, which is part of Sony’s Sports businesses, beginning ...

It was as if the scene was designed to highlight the inadequacies of how the NFL measures first downs. Late in last January’s AFC title game, with his team clinging to a one-point lead, Buffalo Bills ...