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Why NBA Players Like Jaylen Brown Are Talking Tech At All-Star Weekend

NEW YORK — NBA All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles later this week will be filled with glitz and glamour, and also technology. Not only is the NBA hosting its annual tech summit, but also the National Basketball Players Association is holding four player-only conferences with the tech world, according to National Basketball Players Inc. president […]

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How The NFLPA Finds Value In CES 2018

Ahmad Nassar remembers walking through the 2.6 million net square feet of exhibit space at CES last year and being hit immediately with a rush of emotion. As a first-time visitor to the annual high-level business event that drew over 180,000 attendees in 2017, Nassar – the President of NFL Players, Inc., since 2014 – […]

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CES 2018: How Disruptive Technology In Sports Is Changing The Game

As a four-time Olympic medalist who now works full-time navigating the intersection of sports and technology, Angela Ruggiero preaches a simple message. If global companies are not fully integrating technology into their everyday business, they not only run the risk of falling behind the times and their competition, but they could face missing out on […]

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CES 2018 To Focus On Revolutionary Shifts In Innovation And Technology

Karen Chupka describes the fast-approaching shifts in technology that is used globally and in everyday life as both revolutionary and world-changing. As overwhelming as that may sound – at least on its surface – how consumer technology executives and strategists choose to navigate the coming changes in today’s tech-driven society becomes increasingly vital. But as […]

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Why Fox’s 6-Second Ads During Live Sports Might Be Here To Stay

PHILADELPHIA — Is the six-second commercial the future of televised live sports? Fox Networks Group’s Bruce Lefkowitz thinks it could be. The network’s executive vice president of ad sales said as much during a panel about the future of sports consumption at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Sports Business Summit on Friday. Those six-second ads […]

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