Want to have a 15-minute conversation with Richard Sherman? Now you can — for a price. A new Dallas-based startup called Starliink on Thursday launched its iOS app, which lets people talk to celebrities, athletes, and more for a fee. Influencers on the platform at launch include Sherman, the Seattle Seahawks star cornerback; his teammate Cliff Avril; other NFL players like Vontae Davis and Johnny Hekker; NBA trainer and “stats geek” Justin Zormelo; YouTube personality HikeTheGamer; drummer and producer Rich Redmond; and celebrity chef Tre Wilcox. Celebrities have control over the start and end times for each “session” and they decide how… Read More
San Francisco 49ers fans already watch home games at one of the most high-tech stadiums in sports, so it’s only natural that they now have access to one of the speediest tech-enabled delivery services around. In an unlikely-but-intriguing partnership, the 49ers today announced that they have teamed up with Amazon to offer tailgaters one-hour Prime Now delivery for tens of thousands of items. Yes, that’s right: 49ers fans who tailgate before games outside of Levi’s Stadium this season can order food, drinks, and more from Amazon and have it delivered in one hour or less. Prime Now is Amazon’s speedy delivery service for Prime members… Read More
The next great sports technology innovation might just be invented in Seattle this weekend. The Seattle Sports Tech Meetup is hosting the first-annual Seattle Sports Tech Hackathon Sept. 10-11 at Galvanize. Sportradar, a sports data company based in Switzerland with its U.S. headquarters in Minneapolis, is providing open access to its API for hackathon participants and will award a $20,000 API package to the winning team. Sportradar is a giant in the sports data industry and partners with the NFL, NHL, and NASCAR; some of the company’s clients include Turner Media, Twitter and Samsung. “Sportradar believes in the ingenuity and creativity of the startup community,”… Read More
Seahawks defenders Richard Sherman and Bobby Wagner were on hand at PAX West this weekend. In between their time spent crushing helmets with tanks, GeekWire caught up with the athletes to talk video games and geekiness. Are Richard Sherman & Bobby Wagner geeks? Sherman was quick to answer with a resounding “yes” and then proceeded to taunt Wagner about his knowledge of the fantasy role-playing game Elder Scrolls. Wagner refused to engage in debate, returning the taunts and questioning Sherman’s ability to beat him at Madden, NBA2K and Call of Duty. Who is the biggest gamer on the Seahawks? According to Sherman, Doug… Read More
There is no shortage of video game companies trying to get attention at PAX West this weekend. Wargaming.net took their marketing promotion to a new level this year, bringing in Seahawks players Richard Sherman and Bobby Wagner to crush a bunch of stuff using an actual Panzer III tank to promote their game World of Tanks Blitz. Sherman and Wagner tossed out t-shirts and got to crush a number of items in front of a big crowd of 12’s egging them on with chants of “SEA” and “HAWKS”. Included in their path of destruction were a drum set, a couple… Read More
