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  • NFL Punter Chris Kluwe Shows Us Training Camp Through Google Glass

    Apart from POV porn, this might be the coolest use for Google Glass that I’ve seen so far. Raiders (formerly Vikings) punter and big deal on the internet Chris Kluwe has been using the wearable tech to document the training camp experience.

    He’s posted four videos from Glass so far. One as he catches the snap and holds for kicker Sebastian Janikowski…

    One as he punts out of the endzone…

    One as a “slow person returning a kickoff”…

    And he even gave the glasses to Janikowski so we can see what it looks like to effortlessly launch a football 50+ yards…

    The possibilities for Google Glass in sports are endless, and Google knows this. Here’s what a Google spokesperson had to say about American tennis star Bethanie Mattek-Sands when she took the tech to Wimbledon:

    “Glass’s potential in the sports realm is huge, and it can connect athletes, coaches, and fans in new ways. For Bethanie, it’s allowed her to capture her strokes from her point of view during practice and share those with her coaches. It also helps her search recipes and perfect her cooking, something that’s important to a professional athlete with dietary allergies and restrictions.

    It’s unlikely that we’ll see Google Glass worn in an actual NFL game any time soon – but the opportunity is there. For now, we’ll just have to settle for POV training camp videos – which is still pretty damn cool to me.

  • Adrian Peterson On Gay Marriage: “I’m Not With That”

    Adrian Peterson of Minnesota Vikings recently gave his opinion on gay marriage during a radio interview.

    Fox News reports that Peterson was on a Sirius XM radio interview when the hosts asked what he thought about gay marriage. In short, he personally doesn’t believe in gay marriage, but he’s not going to stand in the way either. He also says that he has no ill will towards gays as some people in his family identify as such. He says that he loves them all the same:

    “To each his own, (but) I’m not with it. I have relatives that are gay. I’m not bias towards them. I still treat them the same. I love them. But, again, I’m not with that. That’s not something I believe in. But to each his own.”

    The question originally came up in response to former Vikings teammate Chris Kluwe’s outspoken views on gay marriage. Kluwe is adamantly for gay marriage and made his opinion vocally known via numerous media outlets. He was later let go from the Vikings and many thought his political views were the reason. The official stance is that Kluwe wasn’t let go for his political views, and Peterson confirms that as well. He did say, however, that he was sad to see him go even if they had radically different political views.