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How Technology Will Impact Sports by 2030

Greetings from the future! The year is 2030, and sports have come a long way in the last 17 years. Allow me to elaborate. No sense easing you into it. I might as well dive right in and let you know that human growth hormone is legal in the NFL now. Back in 2013, where you’re from, the information on HGH was still a little sketchy. For instance, your doctors weren’t sure what the negative repercussions would be on an otherwise healthy adult taking this synthetic version of something the body produces naturally in adolescence.

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Tech Companies Securing More Naming Rights Amongst Sports Venues

Cal’s athletics department announced the sale of field naming rights to mobile gaming company Kabam. Kabam is working on a new logo that will be unveiled next spring. (Lance Knobel) Since the beginning of organized sports in the modern era, sponsorship’s have played a prominent role in defining how we see athletics. Whether it is a promotional commercial, a professional soccer jersey, or a stock car at the Daytona 500, we are exposed to an unfathomable number of company advertisements and logos on a daily basis. Sports sponsorship’s have dramatically increased after a tremendous boom in the sports industry during the 1970’s, and with the quantity of sponsorship’s continuing to rise, it appears there is no turning back. In fact,...

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How to Use Your Devices to Watch NBA Action Anywhere

As a fan of the NBA, there’s always that recurring problem when you’re loyal to a team that’s not the Miami Heat, Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers, Boston Celtics, or any other large market team, and that is that you can almost never find your team’s games on TV. Usually, the average fan will just […]

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