As a professional baseball player, you don’t become Rookie of the Year, Most Valuable Player and a World Series champion without dedication and tenacity. Those traits, along a handful of others, have helped Ryan Howard build a Hall of Fame-worthy resumé. As he looks to continue his baseball career after the Atlanta Braves released him from his minor league contract […]
ASICS, the Japanese shoe and athletic equipment company, announced on Tuesday it would establish the ASICS Ventures Corporation, a venture capital arm of the company that would accelerate and invest in startups. ASICS Ventures Corporation has an investment budget of $27 million and is interested in sports and health, innovative technologies, and sustainability. Nikkei reported […]
Ted Leonsis, the business mogul that owns and operates Monumental Sports & Entertainment (MSE), quietly announced his intentions for a $10 million venture capital fund for the purposes of investing in sports and entertainment tech startups. MSE owns three Washington D.C. sports teams—the Mystics of the WNBA, the Capitals of NHL and the Wizards of […]
Bruin Sports Capital, the privately held international media, sports, marketing, and branded lifestyle company founded in 2014 by George Pyne, announced the creation of a venture capital group called Courtside Ventures, recently in a press release. George Pyne was a former member of the IMG Board of Directors before starting his entertainment investment firm Bruin […]
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past 12 months, at some point, you would’ve seen Golden State Warriors’ point guard, Stephen Curry, absolutely melt social media. He could’ve been winning some kind of award, it could’ve been one of his outrageous highlight reels or it could’ve been his daughter, Riley, hijacking a press conference.
Whatever it was, we can all agree that the man has made an impression around the world, which has been heavily broadcasted all over social media.
