Nintendo’s bottom line got a nice bump last year thanks to Seattle’s professional baseball team. The gaming giant today reported its financial results for the fiscal year ended March 31, with big sales numbers for the company’s new Switch hybrid console. Nintendo also revealed how much it made off selling its ownership stake of the Seattle Mariners, the Major League Baseball club it bought in 1992. Nintendo of America sold off most of its majority stake in August 2016 to minority owners — it still owns 10 percent of the team — in a deal that put about 64.5 billion yen, or $580 million, into… Read More
There’s never a dull moment watching Steve Ballmer watch his basketball team. The former Microsoft CEO and Los Angeles Clippers owner found himself on national TV and later in memes after the cameras showed Ballmer not looking so happy toward the end of Utah’s 105-98 win over L.A. on Sunday. bballsociety_: Steve Ballmer reaction to Joe Johnson frying TNT Inside the NBA https://t.co/DRBVDHEKQW pic.twitter.com/hUVzRIdoDe — FanSportsClips (@FanSportsClips) April 24, 2017 Let's check in on Steve Ballmer pic.twitter.com/JsKescXwMI — SB Nation GIF (@SBNationGIF) April 24, 2017 Steve Ballmer: There's no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. 10… Read More
Write down your goals, listen more, and dream big. These are good pieces of advice for anyone, really, but they held special importance for more than 15,000 students who gathered inside an energetic Key Arena on Friday in Seattle for WE Day, an annual event that celebrates youth empowerment. WE Day events, hosted by non-profit WE, are attended annually by more than 200,000 students from more than 10,000 schools in the U.S., U.K., and Canada. Students earn tickets by participating in local WE Schools programs. There were several celebrities who spoke on stage Friday in Seattle, including space icon Buzz Aldrin. The Apollo… Read More
There continues to be more and more activity at the intersection of sports and technology, from athletic training, to live streaming, to fan engagement, to stadium advancements, and so much more. That’s why we’re excited to announce GeekWire’s second annual Sports Tech Summit on June 21-22 at CenturyLink Field in Seattle. Early-bird tickets are now on sale, and we have room for just 400 attendees, so make sure to go here to secure your spot at this one-of-a-kind event that brings together the stars of sports with the stars of tech. Co-hosted with the Seattle Sounders FC and Eiger Marketing, this event brings… Read More
If you’ve ever wanted to be a sports broadcaster, there’s a new startup that is making it possible with technology. SportsCastr.live launched today out of New York City and offers a live video streaming platform that lets anyone become a color commentator. The company’s app and web product gives users a way to stream themselves with on-air graphics like live scoreboards, chat boxes, and picture-in-picture layouts as they talk about a given game going on, making it appear that they are live on TV. The real-time scoreboards are available for NBA, NFL, NHL, MLB, men’s college basketball, men’s college football, WNBA, and… Read More
