Growing up, Marshawn Lynch, an Oakland native, didn’t feel he gained the necessary experience to build his own business. Now back in his hometown with the Oakland Raiders, he has partnered with Shopify to ensure current Bay Area teens don’t suffer the same fate. Shopify, a cloud-based commerce platform designed for small and medium-sized businesses, […]
A new college course about video games and the business of them is looking to help students gain experience in the esports industry. The University of Leicester announced this week that it has partnered with ESL UK to develop and offer an esports course that will aim to have students gain insights and help them […]
If you ask the Seattle Seahawks’ Richard Sherman who the best cornerback in the NFL is, he would most certainly name himself, first and foremost — and, perhaps, for good reason. His ability in press coverage and his consistency at disrupting timing between the quarterback and receiver resulted in one of his best seasons in […]
The future stars of Australian swimming are getting coached, not only in technique, but in technology that could help them achieve further success in the pool. At the beginning of July, Swimming Australia, the nation’s governing body for competitive swimming, announced its “NextGEN” team of 22 rising teenage swimmers. Those teens recently attended a camp from […]
The popularity of esports is prevalent not only at the collegiate and professional levels, but also within high schools — so much so that the High School eSports League and Dreamfuel have partnered to create an eSports scholarship. Dreamfuel, a platform for athletes and teams to raise money for their pursuits from supporters around the […]
