ESPN’s annual Draft Academy series profiling noteworthy college prospects is airing exclusively on ESPN+. The show debuted in 2014, headlined by two of that year’s top three picks in Texans defensive end Jadeveon Clowney and Jaguars quarterback Blake Bortles. This year’s characters include two of the top quarterbacks — USC’s Sam Darnold and Wyoming’s Josh […]
Intel has confirmed plans to shutter its wearables business after an unsuccessful few years trying to get it off the ground, but it remains heavily invested in the sports industry generally. After spending hundreds of millions of dollars over the past five years attempting to build a wearables business that saw it dabbling in fitness […]
The Australian Football League (AFL) will deliver in-game real-time player data to its fans, including highlighting speed and distance covered during the game. Two Australian companies, Telstra, a media and communications company, and Champion Data, a provider of sports statistics and broadcast technology, will work together using the Telstra Tracker to provide the data that […]
Shaquille O’Neal’s idea was simple, even if its execution was not. While sitting in TNT’s green room between on-air assignments during Tuesday night’s NBA playoff action, O’Neal turned toward his fellow panelist, Kenny Smith, with an idea of how to expound upon his tactical analysis. “Kenny,” he said, “you need to be in the video […]
Amazon and the U.S. Tennis Association have entered into a five-year deal that gives Amazon Prime Video the exclusive live telecast rights to stream the US Open tennis tournament in the U.K. and Ireland. The deal, which kicks off at the 2018 US Open, includes live and on-demand content, including live match play that’ll be […]
