Friday Night Bytes: Can Analytics Revolutionize High School Football?

By BY BEN SHPIGEL from NYT Sports George Mahoney is an efficiency expert by trade and by nature. He’s also among the analytics-minded coaches trying to bring data to one of the last holdouts in American sports — high school football.https://nyti.ms/2I8FUmN

Can’t Scout Players in Person? The N.F.L. Turns to a Brooklyn Start-Up

By BY KEN BELSON from NYT Sports Ahead of the N.F.L. draft, which begins on April 23, teams are reaching out to the three-man team at Slants to provide tracking data based on college video footage.https://nyti.ms/3bhlEct

How Do Athletes’ Brains Control Their Movements?

By ZACH SCHONBRUN from NYT Sports A pair of neuroscientists are working with Major League Baseball to help measure the mental aspects of a batter’s swing.https://nyti.ms/2qxqPyP

James Pallotta Soaks In Roma’s Stunning Win

By RORY SMITH from NYT Sports The Boston billionaire has been working to turn his storied club into a modern club. Finally, after beating Barcelona in the Champions League, a payoff.https://nyti.ms/2GX6cDe