This two-part feature series on bioethics explores the benefits and possible ethical implications of DNA testing and biometric tracking of professional athletes. This article discusses genetic testing, part 2 will...
Live coverage of college football, men’s basketball and wrestling is coming the social streaming service Twitch. Although better known for being the place fans can watch esports, a new Twitch sports channel offered by Stadium will add traditional sports content to that mix. The newly-launched channel (https://www.twitch.tv/stadium) will include exclusive live games and events, real-time sports […]
The NBA has partnered with Headspace to provide all league and team employees across the NBA, WNBA, NBA G League and its NBA 2K esports league access to the meditation and mindfulness app. In exchange, the NBA will codevelop mental training content with Headspace this summer designed to prepare athletes at all levels for competition, which […]
Since December, Twitch has enabled streamers to co-stream NBA G League games on their own channels and effectively be the stars of their own basketball broadcasts. At All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles, one of the co-streamers got to serve as Twitch’s IRL (in real-life) Correspondent. Not only didJustin “UTxJGTheDon” Gates get to attend events and […]
