Seattle-based sports performance training company Volt Athletics is using its new round of funding, which totals over $770,000, to invest more in strategic relationships and develop new technologies, including ones for its proprietary intelligent training system and app. The funding increases Volt’s total raised amount to $3 million. “We’re seeing technology’s role in athletic development grow globally,” […]
On Monday, the Chicago Bulls continued its pattern of full narrative short stories on Snapchat as the team developed a unique “murder mystery” concept for the platform. This week’s Story centered on who deflated Big Ben, one of the Bulls’ inflatable mascots. Luka Dukich, Digital Content Manager for the Bulls, said that prior to the team’s home […]
The NFL, American Heart Association and Discovery Education will host the first AHA-NFL PLAY 60 Challenge Virtual Field Trip live from Super Bowl LI host city Houston to be streamed for free in classrooms across the country Jan. 31. Houston Texans players Whitney Mercilus and Christian Covington and the American Heart Association’s Mercedes Carnethon Ph.D. will […]
When buying tickets to a sporting event, it is usually difficult to gauge just how good the seats you’re purchasing are. Will your view be blocked? Just how high up is the 300-level? It can be hard to tell from the bird’s-eye view the basic sketch of a stadium. SeatGeek is launching a new ticket-buying […]
The NHL implemented a Coach’s Challenge prior to the 2015-2016 NHL season. With the Coach’s Challenge, teams were given the opportunity for expanded video review on goals that may have been affected by an offside play or goaltender interference. However, since its adoption, the effectiveness of the challenge has been widely questioned. Many games, […]
