Esports has become such big business that mobile platform Skillz is the country’s No. 1 private company for growth by one recent estimate and the Paris 2024 Olympics organizers are considering its inclusion as a medal event. Those are just a pair of sample headlines from this month, so it’s little wonder that Nielsen, the […]
The bane of every sportswriter’s job is writing a game recap on deadline in which the lead changes in the final minute or on the last play — and add extra innings or overtime for double the fun. In Korea, there will now be one scribe not cursing the late story change, as the Yonhap […]
Artificial intelligence chatbots are one area where technology continues to evolve rapidly within the sports business. Entering this space is the Perth Wildcats basketball club — the first National Basketball League team in Australia to launch a chatbot with the addition of its newest recruit, Wilbot, which is aiming to engage and build stronger relationships with […]
For cord-cutters, the options for watching the boxing match between undefeated Floyd Mayweather and UFC star Conor McGregor are limited. Go to a bar? A friend’s house? The next best option would be to stream the much-awaited fight — which you can do on Sling TV. The pay-per-view fight is set for Saturday from the […]
The ESPN app for Apple TV now features tvOS MultiCast, allowing users to watch up to four live streams concurrently, the first time ESPN has allowed for multi-screen capabilities in its history. Viewers can choose how many live streams they want on their screen — between one and four — in five different layouts to […]
