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Cost Effective Sustainability at Collegiate Stadiums

Sustainability is a staple in the design and construction community.  For example the American Institute of Architects has become a change agent through The 2030 Commitment which is described as “a national framework with simple metrics and a standardized reporting format to help firms evaluate the impact design decisions have on an individual project’s energy […]

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Sports Related Video Games Increasingly Becoming More Social

As the world continues to evolve digitally and people look at their phones more as a PDA, it challenges industries to adapt new ways to reach the consumer. Thus we have the huge emergence of mobile and social communication from industries. The same can be said in the sports video game industry. Even though the […]

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NBA Star Stephen Curry Teaming Up with SportStream to Engage 49ers Fans this Weekend

The Golden State Warriors are off to a hot start in the NBA with a 15-7 record in large part because of their star point guard Stephen Curry. He is leading the team in scoring (19.5), assists (6.5), and 3-point %(43%) and quite possibly could be an All-Star. Along with his hard work on the court, he is very active with his social media and fan outreach off the court. He is always finding new ways to reach his fans, especially in the sports technology hot bed of San Francisco.

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Social Media Costs Brandon Jacobs Suspension and $167,000 in Lost Pay

49ers running back Brandon Jacobs was suspended for the remainder of the 2012 regular season due to posts on his social media pages A trying year for San Francisco 49ers running back Brandon Jacobs became even more awkward Monday afternoon when head coach Jim Harbaugh suspended him for the final three games of the regular season and presumably for the postseason, should the team qualify.  In a problem that is becoming much more common, Jacobs’ major undoing was his posts on social media accounts where he shared his displeasure about how the 49ers have used him this season.

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Recap: “The Evolution of Sports Media”

  Sports and Tech Meetup (Bay Area) presented an all-star panel on November 27 discussing: “The Evolution of Sports Media.”  The panel of entrepreneurs, executives, investors, and journalists discussed how technology and the natural disruption of markets are fundamentally changing how sports are presented and covered.

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