The Michigan State University Foundation (MSUF) has announced its newest program, Red Cedar Ventures, which features a pre-seed fund and opportunity focused on helping Michigan State University-based startup companies. “We have been working hard to put together a campus-wide ecosystem for entrepreneurs that embraces all of the creative talents across the university,” MSU President Lou […]
We view athletes nowadays as individuals with “super-human talent.” This generation of Division I athletes are physically gifted, powerful and mentally prepared like never before, and one of the U.S. military units is taking notice. The Air Force Research Laboratory. 711th Human Performance Wing recently signed a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with the Ohio […]
MIT engineers, in collaboration with the biology of beavers, have dreamt up a hairy wetsuit concept designed to keep surfers drier and more agile. Inspiration for the idea came when members of MIT’s STE@M (Sports Technology and Education at MIT) program traveled to Taiwan. The group, led by MIT Associate Head of Engineering Operations Anette […]
The NFL Players Association announced Tuesday that it was expanding its current business model, where it protects the licensing, content and sponsorship rights for the league’s 2,000 athletes. The NFLPA teamed up with other founding partners to launch the OneTeam Collective, the first athlete-driven accelerator program in sports. The partners — which include Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, […]
The ever-competitive college football recruiting landscape is about to get smarter … or at least, that’s Benjamin Weiss’ hope. A current senior at Northwestern University and one of four co-founders of Zcruit, Weiss and his colleagues are taking their data-driven startup and helping schools assess how likely a recruit is to commit to their university. “We’re helping programs […]
