The Chinese market is notoriously hard for any company to enter. A recent survey by the American Chamber of Commerce on Friday found that American companies are facing increasing trouble in China due to antiforeign sentiment, vague labor laws and industrial overcapacity. So, it comes with great surprise that ESPN is able to move into […]
As a trend, big men have had lot of trouble shooting free-throws in the NBA. There are a number of theories as to why this occurs—some say that taller players tend to be poor shooters because they primarily practice post moves, while others postulate that their hands and arms are too large to use proper […]
In recent times, NBA broadcasters have made great strides in enhancing real-time viewing experience. The very first live 4K match broadcast recently materialized, and there has even been a movement to tentatively coax out sports fans’ ‘inner geek’ with match stats packages such as SportVU to accompany viewing. Now, ESPN will continue down this road by […]
Every sports nut loves an interesting stat, and apparently that interest is enough for startup StatMuse to raise $10 million in their Series A round of funding. Now, this is no ordinary stat offering company, but one that makes intricate stats more readily available to the average person. First, StatMuse uses a special “natural language” […]
While sites like Players’ Tribune and Uninterrupted look to create a player’s voice in the printed word or the visual, the spoken word in the form of podcast may be taking hold as well as a medium for regular expression, and even news. Now, podcasting as a medium is not new but it is certainly […]
