After two hours of pickup basketball the previous evening, I woke up on Friday morning last week feeling pretty sore. It was the perfect segue into my next story assignment: trying out Stretch 22, a new Seattle startup that promises to make you feel better with “stretch therapy.” Indeed, after a 25-minute lower body session with Stretch 22 co-founder Ja’Warren Hooker, I felt a little looser, a little lighter, and ready to ball out again. But are these new stretch studios, part of what The New York Times described last year as the “next fitness fad,” worth the cost? At least one big… Read More
Just in time for the NFL Playoffs, which kick off this weekend, casual football fans can learn the difference between a tight end and a wide receiver, or what the heck “move the chains” means, simply by asking Amazon’s Alexa. The league is teaming with the tech giant for a new skill for the voice assistant called “The Rookie’s Guide to the NFL.” For viewers who might be puzzled by some of the terminology used throughout a typical game broadcast, the skill is designed to provide quick answers. USA Today reported that the NFL’s Digital Lab team, a group within NFL… Read More
In this episode of TLDR, we’re taking a look back at some of our favorite and most fun GeekWire moments of 2018. It was a big year for our reporters and editors, from interviewing some of the top names in tech to setting up our own temporary HQ2 in Pittsburgh. Click on the video below to watch our 2018 highlights, and scroll down to continue reading about some of our favorite moments. ‘The Expanse’ is saved: Jeff Bezos says Amazon will pick up sci-fi TV saga, and the crowd goes wild Back in May, NBC Universal’s Syfy network announced the… Read More
When your team has the longest post-season drought in all of American professional sports, there is little news — short of getting into the playoffs — that will sound like good news. Such was the case for grumbling Seattle Mariners fans on Wednesday as a new name was announced for the ballpark where the team plays its home games. With splashy, magenta-infused artist renderings of the stadium once called Safeco Field, Bellevue, Wash.-based wireless carrier T-Mobile confirmed that it would be taking over the naming rights for the next 25 years down at the intersections of First Avenue South, South… Read More
Mariners fans, meet magenta. Seattle’s pro baseball stadium will be named T-Mobile Park for the next 25 years after a new deal between the Mariners and the Bellevue, Wash.-based wireless carrier announced Wednesday. For those asking, the T-Mobile magenta coloring will be visible only at night on lighting on front rotunda entrance and roof trusts. Inside of park will remain the same other than some small signage. pic.twitter.com/QHz8iiPYac — Greg Johns (@GregJohnsMLB) December 19, 2018 Earlier reports indicated that T-Mobile would take the naming rights from Safeco Insurance, which announced last year that its 20-year agreement would come to an… Read More
