Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster is the youngest player in the NFL, having just turned 21 in November. Like many people growing up in the early part of this decade, he watched tons of FaZe trick shots in Call of Duty (COD). Now he is an honorary member of the esports organization FaZe Clan […]
On Feb. 13 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, SportTechie will host its inaugural State Of The Industry conference. Sports industry leaders from across the country will convene to examine what shaped the sports technology world in 2017 and what we can expect in 2018. With support from Oracle Hospitality (Presenting Sponsor) and Sportradar […]
Electronic Arts celebrated the success of a primetime show about the esports Madden Challenge that aired on the CW in December, saying its competitive gaming efforts with Madden and FIFA are appealing to a wider-than-expected audience. The Madden Challenge Special, a one-hour pre-produced show that took viewers behind the scenes of the Madden NFL esports […]
Baseball cards used to be the gold standard when it came to sports collections. Prior to the internet, baseball cards carried tons of value. The Internet, and online marketplaces like eBay, caused a crash in the value of baseball cards when people realized they just aren’t as scarce as people once believed. Epics.gg is a […]
The NHL is planning on diving into the esports world, with the announcement that could come in the next couple months involving EA Sports’ NHL video game series, according to commissioner Gary Bettman. “Our goal is to unveil something before the end of the regular season which would have a series of competitions using the […]
