During a recent visit to the dedicated Brooklyn team house for his North American esports squad, Team VGJ Storm, Nets point guard Jeremy Lin spoke about wanting to instill a proper “team culture and healthy habits” in his Dota 2 players. Lin is a co-owner of the Storm and its China-based Team VGJ counterpart, Thunder, […]
Gaming platform Plays.tv announced its $15 million Series A funding round Thursday, and some traditional sports players got involved. Such has been the norm over the past 18 months in eSports. Brooklyn Nets point guard Jeremy Lin and owners/executives from the San Francisco 49ers participated in the round in addition to Accel Partners, Tenaya Capital, DAG Ventures, Founders Fund […]
A noted gaming enthusiast, Brooklyn Nets point point guard Jeremy Lin has decided to create his own eSports team. In partnership with the China Digital Group and Vici Gaming, a Chinese eSports organization, Lin will endorse a Dota 2 team called Team VGJ. “China Digital Group considers eSports as one of major business of growth in […]
The NBA season tips off tonight, so we looked into MVPindex data to catch a glimpse of the league on social media. The most used platform among NBA athletes by far is Twitter, with 86% of players having an account. This is followed closely by Facebook and Instagram with 59% and 57% of athletes adopting […]
James Harden and Dwight Howard teamed up in Houston this season to try for their first NBA Title. (Troy Taormina, USA TODAY Sports) James Harden is likely the best shooting guard in the NBA, but basketball has always been a team game. The 30 franchises that make up the league have generated a revenue pie in excess of $5 billion. The digital age has enabled this game to reach its worldwide audience anywhere, anytime. Teams can build up their own local fan base through the sundry of platforms available. Much like our #NFLTechSeries, this time SportTechie delves into the digital strategies–from web, social media, mobile apps, and any other technological connection–of each team and analyzes them, including insights from some of...
