The average sports enthusiast now juggles six apps during a single match: one for live scores, another for advanced metrics, a social-feed for hot takes, a betting dashboard, a fantasy roster tracker, and—because modern life is hectic—a work chat that never truly...

Every era of sport has its signature technological leap. Radio broadcasts lifted the drama of competition from stadiums to living rooms. Television crystallised great moments into communal memories played back for generations. The internet upped the pace again,...