In the Winter Olympics, bobsled and skeleton is arguably the sport with the least margin for error. Americans Elana Meyers Taylor and Lauren Gibbs won the silver medal on Wednesday in the two-woman bobsled, just seven hundredths of a second behind the gold medal German team. In the 2018 Men’s Skeleton, less than one second separated gold […]
A newly-launched nonprofit is seeking to solve a dilemma faced by the many sports fans weighing whether to cut the cable cord: it’s offering to stream local broadcast stations in high definition to users’ smartphones for free. That includes the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang. Locast.org, founded by longtime communications attorney and Sports Fans Coalition chairman […]
Connexion Health’s sensor-based, artificial intelligence-powered walk-in kiosk has secured its first NBA client with the Sacramento Kings. The makers of the new kiosk, which parent company Aspire Ventures showcased for teams at last summer’s NBA combine, refer to the platform as the “iPhone of health care” for its ability to house third-party applications to tap […]
After throwing the ceremonial first pitch at Game 4 of the World Series, Hailey Dawson, a 7-year-old with a birth defect that robbed her of three right-hand fingers, is expanding into hockey. The second grader will drop the ceremonial first puck at the Vegas Golden Knights vs. Philadelphia Flyers game on Sunday with a specially-designed […]
If the Super Bowl is one of the biggest showcases of innovation in the U.S., the Olympic Games have become a platform for which companies can display their latest technologies in connectivity and digital media on a global stage. A number of “firsts” are expected to take place at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games, […]
