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● SPM 261 — Introduction to Sport Management
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Week 3-3 · Artificial Intelligence

AI in 2026

SPM 261 — Introduction to Sport Management

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● Discussion
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AI

How will AI change sports?

Give examples — your own ideas.

Module — Sport Technology Presentation
Presentation Schedule Link canvas.arcadia.edu/courses/50043/pages/presentation-schedule-order-included →
● Real-Time AI
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Real-Time

Play-by-Play Commentary

FIFA 23 cover artFIFA 23
FIFA 23 video game gameplay footage, PSG vs Manchester United
Throneful youtube.com/watch?v=cgDlmvU2sA4
A man rallies against a robotic table-tennis system with a real-time tracking display, referenced in a news story on generative AI commentary
ABC7 News Bay Area youtube.com/watch?v=QMQCNV76eOE
● Real-Time AI
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Real-Time

Game Prediction & Analysis

UFC on Paramount+ 'Instant Classic' highlight package thumbnail, promoting a compilation of fight-ending finishes
UFC on Paramount+ youtube.com/watch?v=Rqb0D4yvE7Q
● Game Prediction
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Real-Time — Game Prediction & Analysis

Specific Grid Scores in the Octagon

Octagon floor divided into a scored grid, cells shaded green near the center, amber in the middle ring, and red near the cage, with values from 1.1 to 10.0
Green — Dominant (8–10) Yellow/Orange — Neutral (5–7.9) Red — Disadvantage (1–4.9)
● Game Prediction
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Real-Time — Game Prediction & Analysis

Cumulative CSD, tracked live

Live broadcast overlay tracking cumulative combat sport differential (CUM.CSD) between fighters Pimblett and Chandler, with a +/-50 threshold marker
Pimblett vs. Chandler — live CSD tracking
watch — Google Drive
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Prediction accuracy, of 52 main-event bouts
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Of fights crossed the ±50 cumulative CSD threshold
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Time to a definitive prediction, before round one ended
  • Decision87.5%
  • Submissions63.6%
  • KO / TKO58.8%

Dataset: 52 UFC main-event bouts, UFC 270 through UFC 326 (January 2022–March 2026)

● Physical AI
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Physical AI

Golf

A golfer swings against a robotic launch-monitor rig labeled Rory's Swing
IMAGEN Golf
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Tennis

Tennis player waving to the crowd, with a caption referencing an interview about AI tennis analysis at the US Open
CBS News
● Physical AI
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Physical AI

Helix — Household Robotics

Two Helix humanoid robots making a bed together in a bedroom
Figure youtube.com/watch?v=8xEuFQz4E4A
● Physical AI
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Physical AI

On the Court

A wheeled humanoid basketball robot wearing a Toyota jersey dribbles on a hardwood court in front of onlookers
NeoHumanoid youtube.com/shorts/TWgWF41C9jY
● Physical AI
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Physical AI

On the Pitch

The Atlas humanoid robot raises an arm on the sideline at the FIFA World Cup 2026, crowd and flags behind it
Hyundai / Boston Dynamics youtube.com/watch?v=haFfAueQkMI
● The Shift
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AI

We are living through one of the most significant transformations in the history of work.

AI is reshaping roles and redefining the nature of performance itself.

AI is already smarter than we are.

● Discussion
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SPM 261 — Week 3-3

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