Showtime Sports will offer boxing fans in the U.S. for the first time on Saturday streaming of two undercard bouts that are available exclusively on Facebook Live. The broadcast features multi-camera views and dedicated announcers Scott Hanson and Mark Kriegel following the action as junior welterweights Sergey Lipinets (10-0, 8 KOs) and Lenny Zappavigna (35-2, 25 […]
Minnesota Wild fans have an opportunity to jump into the skates of their goaltender, Devan Dubnyk, through the world of virtual reality. Developed by Visual in collaboration with The Brand Enhancement Group and brought to the public by Hiway Federal Credit Union, the interactive game will be located in the concourse of the Xcel Energy Center […]
A new wearable monitoring technology is ready to detect and prevent head injuries. Sports concussions have become national news in recent years. Now, the Albuquerque, N.M.-based Pressure Analysis Company is making waves with its SmackCap head monitoring technology. The relatively new wearable tech helps detect and prevent head injuries. Monitoring is an essential step in preventing and curbing long-term brain trauma. Technology […]
Those who dream of swinging for the fences and knocking the ball out of the park now have that opportunity in the official Home Run Derby VR game presented by Major League Baseball and MLBPA. The game gives you a 360-degree view from the batter’s box of some on the MLB’s most iconic ballparks like Wrigley […]
Despite being below .500 less than 25 games into the NBA season, the Los Angeles Lakers are leading the league in Twitter emojis mentions. Like with the NFL, which launched similar hashtag-triggered Twitter emojis prior to to the 2016-17 season, the NBA decided to roll out the same fan engagement tool with Twitter. The Lakers’ faithful […]
