Tech giants Intel and HP announced Thursday a major financial and marketing investment that will span multiple years in Blizzard Entertainment’s Overwatch League, a new esports league aiming to mirror the structure of traditional sports by placing teams in large cities. The scale of these investments, which make HP the official device and display provider […]
As the NBA and National Basketball Players Association work to find common ground related to whether players can use wearables during games and what the league can do with the data collected from them, an NBA tech executive is envisioning how those devices might be used further into the future. The long-term goal is to […]
Fans love being able to use their smartphones at live sporting events to access vital game day content, take and post photos and videos as well as interact with fellow fans through social media. While this rise of the mobile tech-tator super fan means a more personalized fan experience, it also represents a distinct problem […]
NEW YORK — Tennis icon Serena Williams is casually chatting about how she’s afraid of sharks. Golden State Warriors sharpshooter Stephen Curry is polling fans about which shoes to buy. Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is orchestrating a scavenger hunt to find free tickets. These are just a sampling of a typical day on […]
This week’s guest on the SportTechie Podcast with Bram Weinstein has many titles: social media guru, internet celebrity, serial entrepreneur, and Founder and CEO of VaynerMedia. Owner of the New York Jets is the one title he still covets. Gary Vaynerchuk discusses brand building, karma, work ethic, serendipity, and how he plans to disrupt the AFC […]
