For Hockey Canada, the only goal in the Olympics is gold. With 20 total medals, 13 of them gold, Canada is the most successful country in Olympic hockey. Both the women’s and men’s teams took home gold in Sochi and Vancouver — the previous two Winter Olympics. This year in PyeongChang, Canada will not have […]
Following the path of sports in general, the Olympic Games are becoming increasingly digital. Through a current long-term partnership that began last January with the Olympic Games, the Alibaba Group is rethinking the Olympics within the digital age. Alibaba held an event in PyeongChang to show off some of the possibilities, including the new Cloud ET […]
Though there’s ground to cover before esports can become an Olympic sport, that doesn’t mean industry leaders aren’t trying. This past week, prior to the start of the Winter Games, Intel hosted the Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) PyeongChang tournament. Designed in conjunction with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), 18 players competed for a $150,000 prize […]
When Hulu launched its live television service last May, the aim was to provide users with the two genres of programming most cord-cutters felt were lacking among the available offerings: news and sports, the content that most quickly loses its appeal when viewed on demand. For major sporting events, such as the ongoing Winter Olympics […]
Former Olympian Angela Ruggiero, who won medals as part of the U.S. women’s hockey team over three winter Games, pledged to donate her brain for concussion research, it was announced by the Concussion Legacy Foundation. Ruggiero is a four-time Olympian who participated as recently as 2010 and has been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. […]
