The past few years have witnessed the burgeoning of eSports from a low-key gathering of video game enthusiasts into a commercial product with incredible popularity. In 2016 alone, eSports has found victories in the form of an eSports vertical on the ESPN website and the imminent broadcasting of eSports on Facebook. Alas, eSports skeptics still exist in […]
This article is written by Lew Blaustein, who writes at the intersection of green and sports for his GreenSportsBlog. In our 2014 Best and Worst post, we characterized the year as being one in which Green-Sports gained maturity, based on the notion that the greening of sports is now “the rule rather than the exception.” […]
“If no one is watching, what’s the point to having the rights?” That statement underscores an overarching problem faced by college sports entities (just about all sports, frankly) and its streaming rights. Wayne Sieve, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of EverSport, made that remark to SportTechie, in light of the current state of these media […]
The Pac-12 has announced it is officially partnering with the Green Sports Alliance (GSA). The move will have the Conference join its twelve members with the goal to “measure their environmental performance, develop strategies and goals to reduce their footprint, monitor progress, and engage fans and communities in the process.” The Pac-12 has already built a reputation for itself as […]
The Pac-12, a conference that has won more NCAA National Team Championships than any other conference in history, plans to make history again. On November 14, Washington will play Texas at the Mercedes Benz Arena in Shanghai, China, in a non-conference regular season game. It is the first regular season game played there by any […]
