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Take A MasterClass With Stephen Curry On How To Play Basketball

Students of MasterClass are used to high-profile figures teaching courses in their areas of expertise. The online service’s roster of “professors” includes Aaron Sorkin, Jane Goodall, and Gordon Ramsay, among many famous others. But with so many classes focused on life skills or professions such as cooking and writing or directing, electronic music production, and […]

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Riot Games Is Trying To Turn League Of Legends Into A Collegiate Esport

Varsity esports programs have been appearing across the nation. The University of Utah recently became the first Power Five school with a varsity program following early adopters like University of California Irvine (UCI) and Robert Morris University Illinois (RMU) in that space. Riot Games is the studio behind wildly successful esport League of Legends, and […]

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LA Galaxy Help Students Connect Soccer With Science And Math

The LA Galaxy and Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) gave 250 middle school students across Los Angeles the opportunity to participate last month in an exclusive curriculum called LA Galaxy STEAM (Soccer, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math), which was aimed at providing the student hands-on learning with soccer-based lesson plans. The courses, which were created […]

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Microsoft Partners With NFL Stars For ‘Create Change’ Campaign

With its Create Change campaign, Microsoft has begun backing five NFL stars’ charitable causes. Von Miller (Von’s Vision), Russell Wilson (Why Not You Foundation), Martellus Bennett (the Imagination Agency), Greg Olsen (the HEARTest Yard) and Richard Sherman (Blanket Coverage) have each started organizations relating to causes close to their heart. Partnering with all five players, […]

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Microsoft, Green Bay Packers Plan Titletown Tech For Economic Growth

Microsoft and the Green Bay Packers are collaborating on a partnership to create jobs and boost the local economy through a major investment in technology. The corporate giant and the four-time Super Bowl champions have each pledged $5 million over the next five years as seed money to launch Titletown Tech, a three-pronged effort of […]

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