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Why The Golden State Warriors Bet Millions On A League of Legends Team

Why would the 2017 NBA champions be spending millions of dollars to start a League of Legends team? To learn more about streaming, of course. According to Golden State Warriors assistant general manager Kirk Lacob, the team’s acceptance into the North America League of Legends Championship Series through its new Golden Guardians team, signals an […]

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How Dow Chemical Is Prepping Team USA For Luge In PyeongChang

The two sports might only seem loosely connected: race cars thundering around an asphalt track and sleds speeding down the winding arm of an ice track. But at The Dow Chemical Company, engineers are borrowing from techniques they’ve longed used for NASCAR to make the USA Luge Team quicker at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. A partner […]

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Sensoria Launches Smart Running Sneaker, Eyes Apparel Partners

Sensoria, the company behind a line of artificially intelligent sportswear, is launching its first branded running sneaker with built-in sensors that can help runners make tweaks to their stride to avoid injury.  The company’s new sneakers will have three textile sensors built into the sole that can detect metrics about the way a runner’s foot […]

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