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How Technology Will Transform The Olympics At PyeongChang

If the Super Bowl is one of the biggest showcases of innovation in the U.S., the Olympic Games have become a platform for which companies can display their latest technologies in connectivity and digital media on a global stage. A number of “firsts” are expected to take place at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games, […]

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How Female Sports Tech CEOs View The Industry In The #MeToo Era

When the New York Times broke a story about sexual harassment in Silicon Valley last summer, Precursor Ventures founding partner Charles Hudson blasted out an email to his portfolio companies letting them know behavior of that sort would not be tolerated. The San Francisco venture capital firm, he said, had zero tolerance for sexual harassment or […]

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Women In Sports Tech Nonprofit Launches With Funded Fellowships

As a veteran executive of several sports technology companies, both startup and established, Marilou McFarlane would go weeks on end of business meetings without seeing another woman. She said that experience hasn’t been personally problematic, per se, but the realization was striking and the homogeny outdated. Wanting to empower more women to seek out sports […]

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Overtime Building A Sports Network Backed By Kevin Durant Investment

Overtime is a sports technology and media startup that is focused on the teenaged athletes who are on a trajectory to be stars in the future. Players like Zion Williamson, Luther Muhammad and LaMelo Ball are the kind of transcendent basketball talents that Overtime wants to focus its coverage on. Overtime also has a big-name […]

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Seattle Seahawks Fans Had Apparel Delivered By Uber Eats

When the Seattle Seahawks defeated the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday afternoon, they moved closer to securing the final spot in the NFC playoffs. Good thing Seahawks fans got their swag in time thanks to Uber Eats. From Dec. 18-22, fans in Seattle could order Seahawks apparel from the Fanatics-sponsored Pro Shop between 10 a.m. and […]

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