From a couch in a home office in the Bay Area, two huge NBA fans have amassed a Twitter following for their live broadcasts and have unwittingly ushered in a new way to watch sports. Nate Duncan and Danny Leroux are living their childhood dreams. From a cushy couch in Duncan’s home, a large #twitterNBAshow […]
Those late-night tweets you’re sending may be impacting your game, NBA players. Professional basketball players who sent tweets between 11 p.m and 7 a.m. the night before a game scored on average 1 point less and their shooting accuracy dropped by 1.7 percentage points compared with their performance in games that did not follow late-night […]
Basketball coaches and trainers are charged with an important responsibility: manage a player’s load so as not to further his or her risk of injury. Tracking this becomes difficult when you realize the varying natures of each position on the court. While a center might experience many short acceleration bursts, a guard will cover longer distances […]
NBA legend Magic Johnson and former NBA commissioner David Stern have joined ShotTracker, a manufacturer of wearable tech for basketball, as investors and advisors to propel the brand’s newest, game-changing technology, ShotTracker TEAM. Johnson and Stern’s investment is part of a $5 million total seed funding that also includes investments from Elysian Park Ventures, Greycroft Partners, […]
As a trend, no one has had any doubts about whether live streaming is the future of watching sports. Even a year ago, video streaming services have overtaken live TV programming in popularity within American households, and that is especially true for younger demographics. With this on their radar, several companies have scrambled to become […]
