LAS VEGAS — As Marvin Musquin turned onto the final straightaway Saturday night at Sam Boyd Stadium, he began celebrating. He did so with pretty good reason; he was about to be $1 million richer after winning all three heats and becoming the Monster Energy Cup Supercross champion. As myself, a writer, rode in a […]
It’s getting easier to find and meet athletes these days thanks to athlete-centric platforms like Instagram, Facebook Live and Snapchat. But for those who might be half a world away from their favorite teams and players, German football club Bayern Munich has a solution that takes advantage of a different type of technology. Bayern Munich […]
In baseball banter everywhere from bleacher seats to barrooms everywhere in between, home runs are celebrated as homers, dingers, bombs and long balls. The pinstriped uniforms of New York’s American League team may say Yankees, but the club is often known as the Yanks, the Bronx Bombers and — now that Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez […]
In 1990s Charlotte, N.C., Sonya Curry made countless trips shuttling her three children to and from sports practices and games with her husband, Dell. On Wednesday, some 20 years later, two-time NBA Champion and league MVP Steph Curry stood next to his mother and spoke to a gym full of parents, coaches and children about […]
Just in time for the start of the regular season, the NBA became the first U.S. sports league to launch an augmented reality game on Monday with an app that enables fans to play virtual pop-a-shot. NBA AR, which is available for free in the App Store, will have fans flicking their iPhones in order […]
