Dan Gilbert is the entrepreneurship messiah for the Rust Belt. His latest endeavor through the start-up accelerator, Bizdom, could become a game-changer for the future of sports technology. Gilbert, majority owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers and lover of comic sans, launched Bizdom, a non-profit start-up accelerator for tech firms, in Detroit in 2007 and opened […]
The Chosen One. LeBron James had this moniker emblazoned on his back as a tattoo since high school. This nickname, however, bears down as a gift and a curse. There has never been a more highly hyped athlete in the history of sports. Michael Jordan’s indelible imprint in the NBA left a giant vacancy for […]
As sports continue to explode as one of the most popular sources of entertainment in the country, so too have the amount of dollars spent on marketing and sports sponsorship. Teams and players are signing huge deals every year with all kinds of brands. Derrick Rose and Rory McIlroy have both signed $200+ million endorsement […]
[vimeo 63653873] Have you ever wanted to road-trip to every MLB stadium but just can’t find the time or money? Well, now you can thanks to an awesome new tool developed by an independent unit within Teehan+Lax. Mashable’s Sam Laird is calling it a tool for creating “mind-bending journeys.” It’s named Google Street View Hyperlapse. So what […]
Kentucky was well on its way to its eighth National Championship this time last year, but we weren’t focusing on that. Its coach, John Calipari, could almost add a title to his impressive coaching resume. Six of his UK players were just months away from NBA stardom. But Twitter and Facebook zeroed in on Anthony […]
