The WNBA season will tip off this Friday in Arizona with a matchup between the Dallas Wings and the Phoenix Mercury. Ahead of that contest, WNBA president Lisa Borders chatted with Bram about the future of the league, sports consumption, and much more on this episode of the SportTechie Podcast with Bram Weinstein. You can subscribe to […]
Basketball analytics company ShotTracker announced it had raised $10.4 million in Series A funding on Wednesday. This round of funding brings the total investment in the five-year-old startup to $21 million. The ShotTracker system monitors the location of the players and the ball on a basketball court using a sensor installed in a Spalding basketball […]
NEW YORK — ESPN Films and Netflix are teaming up on a jointly produced docuseries that will feature Michael Jordan and the 1990s Chicago Bulls dynasty. The 10-hour, 10-part film, The Last Dance, will draw on more than 500 hours of previously unseen footage from the franchise’s sixth and final NBA title of the decade […]
The inaugural season of the NBA 2K League tipped off from the league’s studio in New York on May 1. As an esports attorney and a fan, I was lucky enough to get inside the 200-person venue for the first ever matchups in the new league. And when the action finally finished, I headed home […]
On Monday, live digital sports provider FloSports announced a multi-year partnership with the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague and 7DAYS EuroCup, the top two tiers of the European basketball system. FloSports will have access to over 250 EuroLeague and 180 EuroCup games as the leagues’ official North American distribution partner. “Our aim is to provide the most […]
