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MSE’s Ted Leonsis Buys NBC Sports Washington And Perhaps Nationals
Ted Leonsis and his Monumental Sports & Entertainment (MSE) bought the rest of NBC Sports Washington from Comcast Corporation and is reported to be among the few allowed to see the National’s financial data in anticipation of bidding on the DC based MLB franchise. Comcast agreed to sell the remaining 67% stake of NBC Sports…
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Franklin Sports Signs Professional Pickleball’s Top Ranked Johnson Family
Franklin Sports signed the first family of Pickleball, the Johnson family, to an exclusive partnership yesterday. JW Johnson, Joria Johnson and Julie Johnson round out the family’s trifecta of athletes, each signing a deal to design for Franklin while being provided with pickleball gear. The fact is, pickleball was named the fastest growing sport in…
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Ones Basketball League (OBL) Partners With SHOWTIME Sports® Digital Media Storytelling
SHOWTIME Sports is the latest media distribution partner for Ones Basketball League (OBL). The start-up league founded by Basketball Hall of Fame member, Tracy McGrady, showcases an elite and highly skilled, one-on-one hoops competition during this inaugural six city tour season. SHOWTIME® will use award winning SHOWTIME Sports to digitally distribute this original sportsbiz concept via a…
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MotorDAO Is First DAO Making Acquisitions In Motorsports For Fun And Profit
MotorDAO is a newly launched community-driven decentralized autonomous organization (DOA) dedicated to democratizing how racing drivers and teams generate funding for all levels of competition. The world’s first DAO for motorsports communities has investments and partnerships from experts in cryptocurrencies, blockchain and Web 3.0. as well as private equity and the racing industry at-large. The…
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ESPN Offers Genius Sports AI-Augmented Tech For NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship
Genius Sports technology and augmented solutions will enhance the 2022 NCAA Division I Women Basketball Championship ESPN telecasts using an assortment of artificial intelligence (AI) generated tracking data to enhance the augmentation of live video for the Final Four and National Championship game on Sunday, April 3 at 8 pm EST hosted at the Target…
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Vivid Seats Purchases Betcha Sports Adding DFS Props To Ticketing Platform
Vivid Seats Inc. (NASDAQ: SEAT), acquired Betcha Sports to augment their online ticketing marketplace technology portfolio with a real money sport app complete with social media and gamification feature sets furthering the parent company’s fan connection while attending live sporting events. Vivid Seats completed the final business step for a purchase price of $25 million…
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Franklin Sports Driving Pickleball Growth With USA Pickleball Aiming For Olympics
Franklin Sports has been around for 75-years and pickleball has been played since it’s invention in 1965 near where I grew up in Seattle. The diverse global sporting goods retailer and manufacturer along with USA Pickleball, the sport’s national governing body, entered into a contractual partnership focused on business steps to prop up one of the fastest…
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Lou Gehrig Speech NFT Relaunches New York Sports Hall Of Fame
New York Sports Hall of Fame relaunched today with the exclusive Lou Gehring Appreciation Day speech offering of a 1-of-1 non-fungible token (NFT) digital collector’s item. The year 1939 saw World War II beginning to rage, my mother being born In Ecuador, and perhaps the most iconic sports speech ever given by the Yankees Captain…
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Franklin Sports Sponsors Professional Pickleball Association (PPA) Franklin Cup Player Rankings
Franklin Sports is helping take pickleball mainstream by their extended Professional Pickleball Association (PPA) partnership becoming more than the Official Ball Partner of the recent 2021 U.S. Open Pickleball Championships held in Naples, Florida over eight days. The Sports Techie community blog chatted with Adam Franklin, the third generation President of the 75-year sporting goods…