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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…

  • PlayyOn Sports Tech Platform For CIAAA Members

    PlayyOn Inc. and the Canadian Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (CIAAA) formed a new business partnership through technologies that promote educational athletics via the professional development of athletic administrators. PlayyOn was named the “Official Sports Technology Partner” for the CIAAA. The two organization’s new strategic partnership delivers technological tools and sport management resources to the leaders…

  • 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…

  • Dale Murphy Is LiveView Technologies New Vice President Of Sports

    LiveView Technologies (LVT) just hired Dale Murphy, former Major League Baseball and Atlanta Braves star, as Vice President of Sports. The Sports Techie community blog chatted with Utah-based, David Studdert, LiveView’s chief business officer, and Dale, via Zoom. We discussed hiring MLB’s two-time MVP and what he means to the technology company and team culture,…

  • Big East Conference Esports Joins Electronic Gaming Federation’s EGFC Season 2

    The BIG EAST Conference formalized their Division I eSports league standing by joining the Electronic Gaming Federation (EGF) and competing for a National Championship with 39 total DI varsity programs. The 11-member schools are scheduled to play a three-year, multigame season for the first time ever with membership in the official EGF Collegiate (EGFC) league.…

  • GM School Season 2 Presented By SAP, NBA And Turner Sports

    SAP is the data and stats analytics partner of the stat-loving NBA. The partners announced details surrounding Season 2 of its advanced analytics, head-to-head reality show, GM School Powered by SAP. It debuts tonight, October 1 at 9 PM ET on NBA TV. The goal is to graduate from #GMSchool as the last one standing which…

  • DraftKings Pure Sports Tech Play As Nasdaq Ticker Symbol DKNG

    Does DKNG mean anything to you? It should because it is DraftKings new Nasdaq Stock Exchange officially listed ticker symbol as they went public last Friday, April 24 at a valuation of more than $6 billion. The digital sports entertainment company was founded in 2012 as a daily fantasy sports play based on sports performance.…

  • eNASCAR Strikes Virtual Fantasy and Betting eSports Gold With Penn Interactive and Barstool Sports

    Coronavirus shut down live NASCAR races but real-time virtual eNASCAR racing has rocketed to the forefront of viewership via the Pro Invitational iRacing Series Event. The Sports Techie community blog was an official NASCAR contributor and last year reported on iRacing’s network debut on NBCSN. It is no surprise to me that because of COVID-19…

  • Sportico Sports Digital Content Is New Penske Media Sport Business Company

    Sportico is the newest sports business digital content property to enter into the worldwide media and publishing industries with the financial, technological and infrastructure backing of Penske Media Corporation (PMC). The entity’s name is a blend of “sport” and “company.” They plan to cover the business aspect of sports. Dick Glover and Scott Soshnick are…

  • Atlanta Hawks And Intel Sports Share True View 360-Degree Tech Experience At State Farm Arena

    The Atlanta Hawks and Intel Sports invited me to witness the unveiling of Intel’s ‘True View’ platform at State Farm Arena last Friday. Fans can see it in action tomorrow night, Nov 20, when they host the Milwaukee Bucks during the Peachtree Night home game. NBA owners do not like when a venue is not…