Natalie Coughlin retired from swimming with 12 Olympic medals, as many as an American woman has ever earned, even though at 5’8” she was often dwarfed on the pool deck, especially in her short events when facing 6’1” competitors was not uncommon. “I would have killed to have that extra five inches, being a sprinter,” […]
Disseminating high school sports scores has always been a chore — that is until ScoreStream came along. Since its founding in 2012, the company has worked to find new ways of getting you local high school scores. It has established relationships with the Associated Press, Snapchat and a slew of local newspapers, restaurants, TV and radio […]
A side effect of technology’s continued advancement is the impact it has on physical activity. When NFL player Braxton Miller was growing up, video games were fun but couldn’t compare to physical competition like football or basketball. Now, with hundreds of massive online multiplayer games, it can be tough for the younger generation to separate […]
Pyeongchang, South Korea, is 14 hours ahead of Toronto. So an engineer in Canada’s largest city created a solution to help the country’s Olympic athletes avert the tiring effects of jet lag. The engineer, Amol Rao, founded startup company Somnitude and developed a pair of glasses designed to filter out blue light and aptly called […]
Specialized wearables such as smart athletic wear, connected sneakers and hearing-based wearables are expected to surge over the next four years, outpacing the growth of conventional fitness trackers. Connected clothes and ear-based wearables, coined “hearables,” are forecast to climb 550 percent over the next four years, from 4.5 million in 2018 to nearly 30 million […]
