{
  "id": 15554591,
  "title": "The Robots Are Here, and They’re Coming for Sports",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/the-robots-are-here-and-theyre-coming-for-sports",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-19T04:01:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Sportico",
    "slug": "sportico",
    "url": "https://www.sportico.com/business/tech/2026/robot-athletes-are-here-now-1234952476/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Today’s guest column is by professors John Cairney and Rick Burton. A recent New York Times story about “robot athletes” caught our collective attention in September and got us thinking about how androids will influence the future of sport business. We’re well acquainted with Battlebots and drone racing but hadn’t dedicated many stray brain cells […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}