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ESPN will be broadcasting an entire season of...drone racing

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Drones can do a lot of things these days. They can be used by the military and police. They can deliver gift packages and pizzas. They can also now be raced against each other on ESPN.

The self-proclaimed worldwide leader has been dabbling in alternative, next-generation sports for a little while now. In the last year, ESPN made an investment in eSports by televising a couple video game competitions and expanding online coverage. ESPN has actually already broadcasted drone racing earlier this year by televising the US Championships. Now, they’re getting into a full season of drone racing by partnering with the Drone Racing League.

Via the New York Times:

The Drone Racing League announced on Wednesday that it had signed deals to broadcast a 10-episode season on ESPN and ESPN2, along with the European stations Sky Sports Mix and 7Sports. The schedule begins with an introduction to drone racing on Thursday at 11 p.m. on ESPN2.

Competition will begin on Oct. 23. ESPN2 will broadcast episodes on Thursday and Saturday nights, and ESPN will show the final episodes, including the two-hour championship on Nov. 20.

Drone … racing? It would be fair to wonder what that is. The technology to race drones is just a few years old, as is the technology to compellingly film them racing.

The league’s officials say the drones will zip through obstacle-filled courses at up to 80 miles per hour, piloted by six stationary humans wearing something akin to a virtual reality headset. Tiny cameras mounted on the drones offer the pilots a cockpit-like view, and they steer using joysticks similar to what you’d find on an Xbox controller.
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http://awfulannouncing.com/2016/espn-will-broadcasting-entire-season-drone-racing.html
 
Probably be lots of fun for the participants but a very unlikely spectator activity. For a parallel see aircraft racing around pylons or radio-controlled aircraft racing.

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