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Nike Hyper Court Is The Digitally-Connected Basketball Court Of Tomorrow

The Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James recently took to Instagram to recognize the murals of himself painted on adjacent basketball courts in Manila that were made to look like smartphones. This is what Nike sees as the future of basketball courts that are digitally connected. Nike has announced the launch of Nike Hyper Court, the first […]

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OKC Thunder’s Russell Westbrook Invests In New Chatbot App Genies

Oklahoma City Thunder star Russell Westbrook has invested in Blend Systems’ new app Genies, a group messenger that will soon provide users with the option to use animated chatbots that pull in curated content about news, sports, entertainment and brands from social media feeds. The app enables users to create a cartoon Genie clone of […]

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Is Steph Curry Becoming A Unicorn?

This is an op-ed guest post written by Mike Kwatinetz, Founding General Partner at Azure Capital Partners, a leading venture capital firm, where he makes a statistical case for the Golden State Warriors’ Steph Curry to win the NBA MVP Award as well as the possibility that an athlete can reach a $1 billion in […]

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