Venture capital fund Podium Silicon Valley (SV) has launched a new startup competition, modeled on soccer’s World Cup, for early-stage sports technology companies. The SportsTech World Cup will kick off with a Nordic edition this week, with other regional versions planned to follow in the future. Sports technology companies from the five Nordic countries of […]
NEW YORK — For the New York Mets, the path to the team’s involvement in esports began in some ways with a bond formed decades ago. “Bobby Kotick, the CEO of Activision, is middle school friends with Jeff Wilpon,” Wes Engram, the Mets’ vice president of corporate partnership & sales, noted at the NSF Summer […]
Major League Baseball and the Players Association publicly released on Friday the latest collective bargaining agreement, which includes provisions banning the use of data garnered by wearable technology for commercial use or for admission in salary arbitration. Baseball permitted two wearable devices for in-game use last year — the Motus elbow sleeve and Zephyr Bioharness — […]
Celliant, a product of Los Angeles-based tech company Hologenix that aims to effectively capture and utilize human body heat in order to produce noticeable health benefits, recently received a classification from the FDA that could help the company expand its reach. Celliant, owned by Hologenix, LLC, began producing its now-patented, thermo-reactive mineral-based responsive textile technology in […]
When defending national champion Clemson opened its new $55 million football complex in January, its greatest benefit to player performance — more so than the lounge with barber shop, arcade, bowling alley and laser tag — was the dedicated nap room, stocked with eight bunk beds, three massage chairs and bean bags. The Tigers have […]
