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Klay Thompson Teams Up With ShotTracker To Get Young Players Shooting, A Lot

Klay Thompson, the Golden State Warriors’ All-Star small forward, is teaming up with ShotTracker, a company that makes wearable technology to track shot performance, for the Klay Thompson Preseason 3,000 shot challenge.  The KT3000 challenge is a free training program that challenges participants to put up 3,000 shots in three weeks (November 1-22) in order […]

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A Note To my Quantified Self: Why Is My Fitness Tracker In The Drawer?

This is a guest post by Kerri McMaster, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Performance Lab.   If you own a fitness band, it’s probably not on your wrist right now. Research by Endeavour Partners reveals a third of U.S. consumers who own a fitness band stopped using the device within six months of receiving it. Wearables today […]

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Drones Present Opportunity For NFL, Just Not At Super Bowl 50

On September 17, the Federal Aviation Administration granted the NFL permission for drone usage, but with this came several conditions. Drones are not to be used during games, only over empty stadiums to shoot films, documentaries and television sports. The NFL is the first major U.S sports league to receive approval of drones. The drone […]

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NBA Gets Serious About Time Keeping And Partners With Swiss Watchmaker

The National Basketball Association (NBA) and watchmaker Tissot announced a multiyear partnership on Monday that will make Tissot the official timekeeper for the NBA, the WNBA, and the NBA D-League. The deal, which was the most expensive in Tissot’s 162-year history, was also the company’s first with a major North American sports league.  The partnership […]

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