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  • 18 Blogs Helping You Be a Good Sports Parent

    If you’ve ever been to a youth sporting event, you have probably seen those parents that go crazy over a missed call or shot. You may have even been the parent screaming at the coach on the sideline, exclaiming that the referee made a bad call. It can be easy to let your competitive nature…

  • Sports Technology was a major story behind the Boston terrorist bombings

    Sports Technology was a major story behind the Boston terrorist bombings. On Patriot’s Day, May 15, 2013, at 4:09 pm during the Boston Marathon, two bombs that brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev placed near the finish line exploded sending shrapnel, BBs and nails everywhere, killing three and injuring more than 200 innocent adults and children.…

  • FIFA promises goal line technology for World Cup Brazil 2014

    FIFA has promised goal line technology for the World Cup Brazil 2014. It has been two years since FIFA began testing goal-line technology (GLT). Sports Techie was launched in time for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. I founded Sports Techie three years ago and remember blogging and tweeting about FIFA’s “Stone Age” mentality…

  • The Sports Techie Lenovo Ideapad customer service experience was far below average

    The Sports Techie Lenovo Ideapad customer service experience was far below average. When you are gifted a new Lenovo G580 Idea pad laptop, the Sports Techie community expectation is that it works out-of-box, or else will be fixed or replaced. I believe the Better Business Bureau calls it the “lemon law.” I decided to write…

  • The Sports Techie Kia Hamster holiday gift and upgrade blog

    The Sports Techie Kia Hamster holiday gift and upgrade blog. What sports technology related gifts would you give the Hamster in the #kiaholiday image below that will upgrade his Sports Techie ways? Content and/or other value provided by our partner, Kia Motors Shoes I will start gifting from the bottom up with new shoes because…

  • New Big East Commissioner Mike Aresco wants State of the Art Conference

    New Big East Commissioner Mike Aresco plans to create a “State of the Art Conference.” I was virtually present at today’s media conference where Commish Mike was officially introduced. Mike wants to tell a story that focuses on the future and at the same time maximizes coverage of the already proud leagues fourth reinvention. The…

  • Play the British Open Championship at Fylde Links with OptiShot Sim

    Play the 141st British Open Championship at Fylde Links this week with the OptiShot Simulator swing analysis. The authentic classic links golf course replica includes 200 Bunkers and Wind variables but not the cold, just like the Pro’s such as Tiger Woods face playing at Lytham & St. Annes, Lancashire, England. This will be the…

  • Sports is the Medicine of tomorrow

    Sports is the Medicine of tomorrow Blessing to Japan The people of Japan are awakening to daylight for the first time after the devastating 8.9 magnitude earthquake last night. “Sports is the Medicine of Tomorrow” is a quote from Friday at the Global Sports Forum Barcelona that gives us all hope that it rings true…

  • Concussions and Helmet Tech w/ Schutt Sports

      I’ve suffered concussions from playing lacrosse and crashing a Mt Bike in the city. I think back and wonder about those cold and wet soccer balls we had to head down at Marymoor Park that could not have been good for us. Played football in 5th and 9th grade and I’m pretty sure I…