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Look! Up in the sky. Ron Harper Jersey . Its a bird. Its a plane.No, its a drone, able to zoom at breakneck speeds through a complex three-dimensional obstacle course. And its coming to your living room.In its latest foray into non-athletic sports -- does the name Chris Moneymaker ring a bell? -- ESPN has reached an agreement to broadcast the Drone Racing League (DRL) season. An introduction to drone racing will air Thursday night on ESPN2 and competition begins Oct. 23.Its must-watch TV, Matt Volk, director, programming and acquisitions at ESPN, said Wednesday. Were always exploring ways to deliver quality and exciting content. We see this as being an emerging sport with an emerging audience. Were excited to see how it does, but we feel good about its growth potential.Sky, which broadcasts to the United Kingdom and Ireland, and 7Sports, a sports business cluster in Germany, also will air 10 one-hour episodes of the five-race 2016 DRL season, including a winner-take-all world championship Nov. 20.Drone racing is simply the latest so-called extreme sport in this digital age, and ESPN and the DRL are banking on the rising popularity of the craft worldwide.We dont come with a built-in audience. Theres no hiding that, Drone Racing League CEO Nick Horbaczewski said. They see a long-term opportunity here. They know how engaging the content is. Its very attractive for a younger audience. The reaction is something very visceral for people.Theres a huge emergence going on right now of people who fly drones. This sport is all about that.Horbaczewski, who founded the DSL a little over a year ago, said drone racing has all the elements of auto racing and likens it to a real-life video game with a real scientific element to it.The tiny craft used by the DSL will be unlike the more than one million consumer drones out there buzzing around. They will be custom built by the DRL so that all are identical with the same power output. That means all pilots will be racing on a fair playing field, and they will be doing the actual flying -- not some pre-programmed GPS system.We want it to be a test of pilot skill rather than drone design, Horbaczewski said.Among those behind the controls once the season starts likely wont be that hot-shot kid next door who buzzes the treetops in the neighborhood. The DSL will select just 12 elite pilots from around the world. The winner of the championship will receive a contract to be a full-time professional pilot in the league next year with a salary.We find incredibly talented pilots, people who are very, very good at flying drones, Horbaczewski said. But sometimes they just cant manage their nerves. Theyre not a performance athlete. People who are emerging are real performance athletes who can perform under pressure.Each event will include a series of races around complicated aerobatic race courses over two days in a bracket-style elimination format. Heats will be one to two minutes long, and fans who tune in likely will enjoy them. Horbaczewski says about half the drones crash every heat, and onboard cameras will offer a birds-eye view of the action.You get a real rush, he said. Its a weird mix of the NFL and Formula One. You get that motor racing appeal.Without the human trauma.The amount of the carnage that goes on when youre slamming into walls at 80 mph when you miss a turn -- its exciting, Horbaczewski said. But theres no moral hazard like there is when theres a crash in an auto race.So far, drone racings Jeff Gordon has not surfaced. Whoever emerges as this years champion promises to be someone of that mold, though.This sport is exhausting for the pilots, Horbaczewski said. We only run a certain number of races because we cant push them beyond a certain point. It is physically and brain-powerwise a very intense sport. It takes unbelievable concentration and physical discipline. Its not totally non-athletic.Motor sports in America have been struggling to attract younger fans. The DSL is hoping to buck that trend.Our audience we know is younger, Horbaczewski said. I love Formula One, but watching the Monaco Grand Prix came down to one pit stop and one pass.Still, drone racing on TV?No way! Ive been trying to get them to broadcast what we do for 30 years. Theyre not interested, said 67-year-old Gene Soucy, a champion aerobatic pilot. I know why its going to work and why what we do doesnt. The average guy can go out and buy a drone and anybody can fly one.---Follow Kekis on Twitter: www.twitter.com/Greek1947 Brandon Knight Jersey . It was hard for Luck to pull off another comeback, or even get into the end zone, while standing on the sideline. Rivers threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to rookie Keenan Allen and Nick Novak kicked four field goals to give the Chargers a 19-9 victory against the Colts on Monday night. Stitched Cavaliers Jerseys . For the Wild it was their first win of the season and they now have a record of 1-1-2 while the Jets fall to 2-2. Jets start a six game home stand Friday with another divisional game, home to the Dallas Stars. https:///...ersey-cavaliers.html . Capitals head coach Adam Oates said Ovechkin was injured in the first period against the Vancouver Canucks on Monday and clarified it was not a head injury. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- During Matt Painters 12 seasons coaching Purdue, the Boilermakers have suffered shocking home losses to Wofford, Bucknell and Gardner-Webb.With 7:08 remaining in Friday nights game against Georgia State, Purdue trailed 56-44 and was in danger of falling to 1-2 after making only two of its first 18 attempts from 3-point range.But with Caleb Swanigan finishing with 19 points and 11 rebounds, the Boilermakers (2-1) closed the game with a 20-0 run to salvage a 64-56 victory in an on-campus Cancun Challenge game.Dakota Mathias hit two 3-pointers and P.J. Thompson one during the game-closing run.I think the 3-pointers sealed the game, but our defense during the final 10 minutes of each of our past two games has been very good, Painter said. You obviously are not impressed by the position we put ourselves in, but I dont think our guys respected them as much as our coaching staff did.Center Isaas Haas added 11 points for Purdue, and Jeremy Hollowell had 15 to lead Georgia State (1-2), which also got 13 points from DMarcus Simonds.Give (Georgia State) a lot of credit, Mathias said. They are a good team. Something weve got to learn is to not take anyone lightly.Georgia State led 56-44 on a Malik Benlevi basket with 7:08 remaining, but Purdue pulled even at 56 on two Haas free throws with 3:57 remaining.Coming off an emotional 79-76 loss to national champion and No. 3 Villanova on Monday night, the Boilermakers were flat throughout most of the games first 33 minutes before salvaging a victory with tenacious defense during the final seven minutes.Georgia States active zone limited Purdue to 37.8 percent field goal shooting (17 of 45), including 5 of 22 from 3-point range and outrebounded the Boilermakers, 35-26. But Purdue outscored Georgia State 25-7 at the free throw line.When you are playing a really good teaam, youve got to take something away, Georgia State coach Ron Hunter said. Brad Daugherty Jersey. You look at the numbers with their inside guys, and you want to take something away from that. I thought we did a really good job to corrall Swanigan to 19 and Haaas to 11.Hollowell had 13 points and three assists in the first half to help Georgia State to a 30-27 advantage.Swanigan had 12 points and five rebounds at halftime, but no other Boilermakers scored more than four during the opening 20 minutes when taller Purdue was outrebounded, 18-15.The Boilermakers stayed close by outscoring Georgia State 10-4 from the free throw line.BIG PICTURE:Georgia State: Coach Ron Hunters team has averaged 20 victories during his five seasons at the school, and the Panthers proved again Friday night why they will be a strong candidate for an NCAA tournament berth.Purdue: While the Boilermakers finally wore Georgia State down, Purdues backcourt weaknesses were revealed, making only two of their first 18 attempts from 3-point range and failing to pound the ball inside effectively against the smaller Panthers.FOUL PLAYIn trying to contain Swanigan and Haas, Georgia States Willie Clayton, Isaiah Dennis and Malik Benlevi all fouled out before the second halfs 9:30 mark. Georgia State was called for 31 fouls while Purdue was called for 16.POLL IMPLICATIONSWhat will voters do with No. 15 Purdue after the Boilermakers played so well in Mondays loss to Villanova and then played poorly for the first 33 minutes against Georgia State before closing the game with a 20-0 run.UP NEXT:Georgia State: The Panthers will play the NJIT on Tuesday in the Cancun Challenge.Purdue: The Boilermakers head to Cancun, Mexico to play against Utah State. ' ' '