When you first get your driver’s license, you are constantly reminded to be extremely careful on the roads. You need to look out for other drivers, pedestrians, not play your music too loudly, and never text and drive. You hear this when you are 16 years old and then again and again and again throughout your entire […]
ASICS, the Japanese shoe and athletic equipment company, announced on Tuesday it would establish the ASICS Ventures Corporation, a venture capital arm of the company that would accelerate and invest in startups. ASICS Ventures Corporation has an investment budget of $27 million and is interested in sports and health, innovative technologies, and sustainability. Nikkei reported […]
The first NCAA basketball game to ever be broadcast live nationally on Twitter came on Nov. 6 when the Boise State women’s team hosted Division II Alaska-Fairbanks in an exhibition game. The game was part of Campus Insiders’ live streaming deal with Twitter announced earlier this summer, and more college basketball will continue to be featured on the […]
The National Women’s Hockey League in its second season of existence is taking its games to television screens after live news network Cheddar announced Monday it would air NWHL weekend games on its new Sling TV channel for the rest of the season. Cheddar became a live linear television network on Sling TV earlier this […]
After a successful 2016 event which saw seven sports-specific startup companies pitch venture capitalists and industry executives, the TPG Sports Group is returning in 2017 for its third annual Sports Tank, a “Shark Tank” style event for startups looking for funding and strategic guidance. On Apr. 11 in New York City, 10 companies will have […]