The following is a chat with Anthony Perez, VP of Business Strategy at Orlando Magic, to learn about how the business side of the franchise has used analytics to become a leader in the Sports Industry, despite playing in a relatively small market. The Orlando Magic finished the season near the bottom of the standings again, but the […]
Today, the National Football League announced a multi-year agreement with Sportradar US. Beginning in the 2015, NFL season, Sportradar US will become the NFL’s exclusive distributor of comprehensive statistics to digital outlets. It will also become the sole provider for the NFL’s own Next Gen Stats, as well as the Game Statistics and Information System […]
The Gannett Company is now letting their journalists tell stories through virtual reality. The company that owns several of the highest circulating newspapers and television stations in the country released VR Stories yesterday, a free virtual reality app that places users inside of stories. Users can download the app now from the Google Play Store […]
The landscape of sports is changing and a new-age Darwinism is prevailing. Gone are the days of brute strength. Enter the days of intelligent strength. Today’s “fittest” competitors are training smarter, not harder. Last week, Stanford’s Graduate School of Business (GSB) put on a day long showcase, called The Sports Innovation Conference (SIC), about how […]
This is an op-ed guest post written by David Fouse, a PR executive and regular competitor in triathlons and iron mans worldwide. He just completed the Himalayan 100 mile stage race this past fall. Fitness enthusiasts are awash in wearable gadgets that help them train and compete. What started as the simple FitBit has transformed into a […]
