Jared Jeffries recently served as the Denver Nuggets’ director of pro personnel after playing 11 NBA seasons. Now he’s leaving basketball to become a front office executive in a new industry — esports. Jeffries was announced as president of Echo Fox on Thursday, and starting Aug. 1, he will be responsible for player recruiting and […]
During E3, former NBA player Rick Fox was a guest on Mason and Ireland, a sports talk radio show based in Los Angeles. While he briefly opined about the Los Angeles Lakers and potential draft pick Lonzo Ball, Fox’s real purpose was discussing his involvement with Echo Fox, the eSports group that he leads with […]
Rick Fox, the three-time NBA champion with the Los Angeles Lakers, played 13 NBA seasons before becoming the owner of esports organization Echo Fox. Echo Fox players in a younger generation might not remember much about Fox, who at age 47 has said of being 6-foot-7, “It’s more than just height.” Fox can still play […]
Compared to their European counterparts in the English Premier League, La Liga and other overseas organizations, U.S. professional sports leagues are still in the preliminary stages of their eSports involvement. The NHL, for example, is still on the outside looking in. One source recently told Elliotte Friedman, who is an NHL Insider at Sportsnet, that the league’s […]
