Esports organization Team Liquid is one of the few franchises leveraging analytics to improve performance and train, announcing a new partnership with gaming analytics company Mobalytics. Team Liquid coaches and players will begin integrating the Mobalytics platform and data analysis into the organization’s strategy prior to the League of Legends 2017 NA LCS Summer Split. “Video […]
Free sports wagering startup WinView recently raised a $12 million Series B funding round, with investments from Ted Leonsis’ Monumental Sports and Entertainment, among others. The WinView app is a complement to the sporting experience as fans can place real-time wagers on games while watching them on live television. In turn, fans can win cash prices […]
The first dedicated global esports fund of its kind now has two of the biggest names in U.S. professional sports ownership joining the newly-launched initiative, which begins with $18 million Euro to invest in esports startups. aXiomatic, an esports ownership and management fund that is led by Ted Leonsis (Monumental Sports & Entertainment) and Peter Guber (Golden […]
Compared to their European counterparts in the English Premier League, La Liga and other overseas organizations, U.S. professional sports leagues are still in the preliminary stages of their eSports involvement. The NHL, for example, is still on the outside looking in. One source recently told Elliotte Friedman, who is an NHL Insider at Sportsnet, that the league’s […]
Last week, more than 80 industry executives weighed in on the upcoming trends to watch in 2017 along with various predictions for what could be expected in the next calendar year. Responses were limited to 75 words or fewer and included sports industry professionals across the worlds of technology, virtual reality, social media, sports science, eSports […]
