The NBA has partnered with Headspace to provide all league and team employees across the NBA, WNBA, NBA G League and its NBA 2K esports league access to the meditation and mindfulness app. In exchange, the NBA will codevelop mental training content with Headspace this summer designed to prepare athletes at all levels for competition, which […]
Just weeks ahead of the official draft for the NBA 2K League’s inaugural season, the NBA is already setting its sights on global expansion. NBA deputy commissioner Mark Tatum said the basketball league is looking to turn its new esports league into a “truly global sport” that can coexist alongside the physical game just as […]
Ahead of a recent race, mid-distance steeplechase runner Colleen Quigley was listening to a guided meditation led by Headspace cofounder Andy Puddicombe. Eyes closed, she took a deep breath and relaxed her shoulders as he talked about mental preparedness in a soothing voice through her smartphone. Moments later she lined up at the start and powerfully […]
As the human race slowly accepts artificially-intelligent, self-driving cars, it’d be nice to know they’re safe. Coast Autonomous is going to an extreme length to make sure of that. The creators of a range of self-driving vehicles have recruited one of the best drivers in history, Dario Franchitti. The three-time Indianapolis 500 winner will serve […]
AUSTIN, TEXAS – Traditional sports franchises that ignore esports are failing to see the bigger picture and risk being left behind, a consultant for esports’ Team Liquid, partially owned by Peter Gruber and Ted Leonsis, warned last week at South by Southwest. Nicola Piggott, cofounder of esports communication and consultant agency The Story Mob, said […]
