Today, the National Football League announced a multi-year agreement with Sportradar US. Beginning in the 2015, NFL season, Sportradar US will become the NFL’s exclusive distributor of comprehensive statistics to digital outlets. It will also become the sole provider for the NFL’s own Next Gen Stats, as well as the Game Statistics and Information System […]
The Gannett Company is now letting their journalists tell stories through virtual reality. The company that owns several of the highest circulating newspapers and television stations in the country released VR Stories yesterday, a free virtual reality app that places users inside of stories. Users can download the app now from the Google Play Store […]
The landscape of sports is changing and a new-age Darwinism is prevailing. Gone are the days of brute strength. Enter the days of intelligent strength. Today’s “fittest” competitors are training smarter, not harder. Last week, Stanford’s Graduate School of Business (GSB) put on a day long showcase, called The Sports Innovation Conference (SIC), about how […]
Mind over matter. A simple phrase that invariably underscores success within the sporting arena. Yet, taken on its surface, it’s widely considered to be easier said than done. Old Eastern-based adages permeates this space through meditation, mindfulness, and neurofeedback. These principles, when nurtured appropriately, tend to lead to a disciplined mind for athletic high performance. […]
This is an op-ed guest post written by Mike Kwatinetz, Founding General Partner at Azure Capital Partners, a leading venture capital firm, where he makes a statistical case for the Golden State Warriors’ Steph Curry to win the NBA MVP Award as well as the possibility that an athlete can reach a $1 billion in […]
