Collegiate athletics’ reach and interest is at an all-time high. Fans support their alma maters no matter where their careers take them. Just last year, UCLA Bruins fans flocked the new Pauley Pavilion by 3,196 more than their average attendance during basketball season. In football, nearly 49 million people attended games across the 644 NCAA […]
I created Sport Techie in March of 2010 as a way to spotlight the enormous contribution technology has made to the global sports industry, estimated today at $114 billion. It’s difficult to imagine a world with no NFL Red Zone, HDTV, or Fantasy Football. Plenty of other news outlets will bring you the latest scores […]
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is the first sport to demonstrate the power of streaming live sports from within Facebook – and the league is just getting started. Last January, the UFC showed four preliminary bouts live on Facebook for its Fight for the Troops 2 show. Since then, the league has continued to live stream almost every preliminary fight for […]