During a recent visit to the dedicated Brooklyn team house for his North American esports squad, Team VGJ Storm, Nets point guard Jeremy Lin spoke about wanting to instill a proper “team culture and healthy habits” in his Dota 2 players. Lin is a co-owner of the Storm and its China-based Team VGJ counterpart, Thunder, […]
A new report claims New York’s Madison Square Garden has started using facial-recognition technologies at its gates to identify potential security risks. MSG, however, has been publicly using facial recognition technologies at its arena for the past seven years, albeit for different purposes, and the report that it’s now deploying the technology for security checks might […]
Kevin Durant may be known for his Golden State Warriors ball playing and recent investment in athlete wearables company Whoop, but the athlete is also expanding his portfolio of tech investments beyond sports and fitness. In November, The Durant Company invested in advertising startup Suzy as part of a larger $5 million funding round for […]
When the Golden State Warriors’ head of sports medicine, Chelsea Lane, first approached assistant general manager Kirk Lacob in the front office with a new device last summer, she explained that Eye-Sync would help the team quickly and objectively assess whether a player might be suffering from concussion symptoms. The Warriors had endured a few […]
When the inaugural NBA 2K League hosts its first draft lottery in New York City on March 13, it’ll be borrowing from the same tactics used by the NBA for its official draft lottery. The first NBA 2K League Draft Lottery will use ping pong balls drawn in random order from the NBA’s official ball […]
