Sue Bird will set yet another record next weekend in Seattle. The hoops legend will play in her 10th WNBA All Star Game on July 22 at Key Arena, tying Tamika Catchings for the most appearances in league history, and she’ll get to do it in the city where Bird has built one of the most impressive resumes in all of basketball. Congrats @S10Bird on being named to your record-tying 10th WNBA All-Star game and 8th as a starter! #WatchMeWork pic.twitter.com/Hpbz3pt1JW — Seattle Storm (@seattlestorm) July 11, 2017 Bird, 36, joined us at our second annual GeekWire Sports Tech Summit… Read More
Technology and data are revolutionizing basketball, from the style of play to how players train and workout. But some of the big innovations in data that are driving more conversations and interest in the NBA and men’s basketball haven’t made their way to the women’s game. Sue Bird wants that to change. At the 2017 GeekWire Sports Tech Summit, the WNBA legend and Seattle Storm star said the volume of stats available for fans and players of the WNBA just doesn’t stack up to the NBA. Bird wants to see the same level of statistics available for past and present WNBA… Read More
WNBA legend and Seattle Storm veteran Sue Bird is still going strong 14 years into her pro career, and a big reason for that is the revolution in technology that lets athletes track activity and use it to better train and recover. Interviewed by Q13’s Aaron Levine at the 2017 GeekWire Sports Tech Summit, the nine-time all-star and two-time WNBA champion said she was resistant to technology when she first came into the league in 2002, but as her career progressed, she embraced the trend. Specifically, Bird said she is a big fan of the Whoop, a wearable band that… Read More
A leading NFL executive; a mobile ticketing guru; an eSports innovator; a sports science expert; a women’s basketball legend; the CEO of a sports media entertainment company; a top football reporter; and much more. The second annual GeekWire Sports Tech Summit is shaping up to be another action-packed event that brings together leaders across the sports technology landscape — ranging from data science to sports marketing to virtual reality to fan engagement to wearables and more — on June 21-22 at CenturyLink Field in Seattle. There are only 350 tickets available for this much-anticipated event, which also includes fantastic networking opportunities from attendees… Read More
