Last Sunday afternoon, the Denver Broncos debuted the NFL’s first Twitter-powered vending machine. Sponsored by Bud Light, the vending machine prompts fans to tweet a specific message and a unique hashtag, after which it dispenses a special prize. The machine vends 200 prizes, including ticket upgrades, merchandise, skis signed by former quarterback Jake Plummer, and ski […]
News flash football fans: get ready to add another day of the NFL to your weekly calendar. The NFL is not adding another game to the week, or another team to the league, but they are rolling the dice with a new partnership with Twitch, a live streaming video platform owned by Amazon, and EA […]
Fans living in the UK received a special event hosted by the Jacksonville Jaguars to expand international interest in American football. The Jaguars revealed JagTag Live at the London Fields in Hackney on September 27th. JagTag is a simplified version of American football, much like touch football or touch rugby. It is simple to play […]
2015 has been a year when significant IPO announcements, leadership changes, and unprecedented valuations in the tech industry have made the biggest companies bigger, and unknowns into household names. Among the many companies enjoying major accomplishments in 2015, Xenith may have quietly been having the best year of them all. They received the highest quality […]
There was a brief moment of time on Twitter earlier this week when the topic of advanced metrics in football was trending. The subject trended sometime before Edward Snowden’s Twitter debut and after everyone went to bed gushing over Aaron Rodgers’ Monday Night Football performance. Everyone except Pro Football Focus (PFF), that is. Their evaluation of […]
