In Seattle, we loved Richard Sherman for “The Tip.” In San Francisco, they’ll come to love him for the unblock. Sherman, the former Seahawks star who signed with the 49ers during the offseason, had a habit of blocking disrespectful fans on Twitter. Many of those fans happened to root for the Niners and against the All-Pro cornerback, especially after his 2013 NFC Championship play in Seattle that beat SF and sent the Seahawks on to their first Super Bowl title. Now Sherman wants those same fans in his corner, and he’s asking for help in identifying anyone he’s blocked in… Read More
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For any Mariners fans hoping to watch today’s game against Texas, your only option is Facebook. That’s because of a deal Major League Baseball inked in March to stream 25 games on Facebook Watch, the new video platform created by the social media giant last year. It’s part of an experiment that allows MLB to test new ways to air live baseball as more and more sports content is streamed online. It’s also part of Facebook’s push to get more sports video content on its site as it competes with other tech giants — Amazon and its deal with the… Read More
“In the last few hours, our dream became real, and our company just became substantially more valuable.” That’s the title to a blog post published Monday describing the excitement from the folks at Unikrn. The Seattle startup was celebrating today after the Supreme Court ruled that a federal ban enacted in 1992 on sports betting is unconstitutional, allowing states to legalize sports betting and creating a flurry of business opportunity for companies like Unikrn. Founded in 2014, Unikrn runs an esports betting platform. The company is venture backed and also raised $31 million in an initial coin offering this past October for UnikoinGold, a cryptocurrency created by Unikrn that can… Read More
