A record amount of people tuned into March Madness via live streams this year amid an increase in availability and an improvement in the overall quality of streams, according to Conviva, a digital media analytics company that measured the tournament for Turner Sports. In the first two days of the tournament across all of the […]
Peaceful protests following the shooting death of Stephon Clark disrupted a Sacramento Kings game last week, dwindling attendance at the 17,000-seat Golden 1 Center to just 2,400 fans and delaying the final round of the Kings’ March Madness-like Capitalize startup competition. This Sunday, the team held its own NBA-backed protest ahead of its game against […]
There’s a glut of startups and established companies whose mission it is to provide a quick and accurate way to assess for possible concussions. One startup that recently joined the fray got some significant exposure from the NFL itself. That company is EyeGuide, whose product, Focus, promises a rapid eye movement test that is already […]
Youth and high school football players across the U.S. could soon be seen on Friday nights wearing a new device on top of their helmets. That new device could help reduce their risk of sustaining concussions. Exero Labs, founded in 2016 by Ben Rizzo and former New England Patriots punter Zoltan Mesko, unveiled that device, […]
As Christopher Yakacki, Ph.D., told the crowd of entrepreneurs, judges and fans at the NFL’s 1st & Future innovation showcase the day before Super Bowl LII, “We’re a little different. We’re engineering professors that have been obsessed with finding new materials to improve human health.” Yakacki was referring to himself and fellow businessman Carl Frick, […]
