This Friday, fans of ELEAGUE will get an inside look at the moves esports players use to excel at their game — literally. The esports brand run by Turner Sports and IMG is incorporating a number of emerging technologies to provide fans, broadcasters and the players themselves deeper insight into the workings of esports. ELEAGUE […]
NEW YORK — Super Bowl LIII isn’t for another 17 months but with its host venue now operational — the ultra-modern Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta — CBS Sports is already preparing its broadcast with its first site visit next week. Executive producer Harold Bryant said his crew will start scouting studio set locations and camera […]
Michael Jordan is one of several individual investors and venture capital firms that recently invested in the Series B round for Gigster, a platform that connects companies with freelance software developers and engineers for project-based hires, according to an announcement. Redpoint Ventures led the round with contributions from VC firms Andreesen Horowitz and Y Combinator, but […]
Pitcher injuries remain the highest priority concern persisting in baseball. A quarter of all big league pitchers have undergone Tommy John surgery, and elbow and shoulder injuries accounted for 54 percent of all days on the disabled list from 1998 through 2015, according to a recent study. Poor mechanics and excessive workload are generally blamed, […]
SportsTech Ireland has launched as an organization that aims to support and grow the development of sports technology companies in the Republic of Ireland. It will assist Irish companies within wearables, athlete analytics, gaming and sports nutrition technologies. In comments via email, Martina Skelly, program director at SportsTech Ireland, said that the organization’s goal was “to establish Ireland […]
