The Players’ Tribune will launch a new weekly show on Twitter on Monday night in which star athletes will answer questions from fans in a live direct-to-camera format. The show, called #Verified, will kick off with Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver A.J. Green at 7:30 p.m. ET, followed by Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns, Atlanta Falcons […]
Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown helped the team advance to the AFC championship game with a win Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs that he helped clinch with a catch along the sideline. After returning to the locker room at Arrowhead Stadium, Brown celebrated with a controversial Facebook Live stream. Never mind the sanctity […]
The Pittsburgh Steelers plan to provide an all-access virtual pass to Steelers fans, it was announced Thursday. Through a partnership with Los Angeles-based production studio MANDT VR, fans will be able to experience 360-degree virtual reality video of game day at Heinz Field. “For many sports enthusiasts, myself included, watching a game on television pales in […]
If you’ve watched an NFL game recently, you may have seen this NFL Network promo, which opens with a shot of a tackling dummy zipping across a practice field. It’s an odd sight at first, but player safety advocates are hailing it as the next big thing. The Mobile Virtual Player (MVP), which was first […]
Dubbed as one of the fastest growing social media networks, musical.ly claimed its first entry into sports this week. Founded in 2014, the platform announced the Pittsburgh Steelers as the first official professional franchise to join the video social network, which lays claim to more than 120 million users and has hit No. 1 in the iOS app […]
