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  • ScoreStream Eager For Investment, iPhone App Launch And New Media Partnerships

    ScoreStream delivers real time high school and local scores across the country. I spoke to their CEO, Derrick Oien, about his new fund raising efforts, the launch of an upgraded app version for iPhone, their upcoming announcement concerning new TV, radio and newspaper deals, and a nice user story about the UCSD women’s waterpolo team who marched on…

  • It Pays to Play Sports

    It pays to play when it comes to playing sports, especially the health benefits, lifestyle boost and sense of overall wellbeing. Sophia Barber from Sports-management-degrees.com shared a new Infographic titled “It Pays to Play” with the Sports Techie community blog. I like this content because of the positives playing sport provides people and the new data…

  • BigTeams High School Athletic Websites And Software Company Raises Funds, Hires CEO Clay Walker

    BigTeams, one of the fastest growing, easy to use and most comprehensive website and software systems for high school athletics programs today introduced industry veteran Clay Walker as its Chief Executive Officer and also announced an investment round, led by Capital Sports Ventures. Walker is a long-time sports, entertainment and digital innovator hired to lead…

  • Technology Helps Sports Fans Defeat Information Overload Via Intel

      We sports fans live in a wonderful era in that technology has been tailored to enhance the fan experience using mobile devices and apps to deliver targeted content. I wrote a contribution blog for iQ by Intel that looked at Thuuz, the Pandora of Sports, and how they are pioneering the sports tech space…

  • Adrian Peterson Uses Hyperice On Knee During NFL MVP Season With Vikings

    Adrian Peterson and Hyperice held a press conference last week with some of the top sports journalists and media brands who are excited about anything to do with AP. He chatted with about 20 reporters and me during a conference call about the Hyperice injury prevention and recovery technology and his now legendary rehab. The…

  • The Masters Social Media Leaderboard

    Back in October, I wrote an article for the Sports Techie community blog featuring Dachis Group’s data on the World Series. Dachis Group was recently acquired by Sprinklr to strengthen their standing as a New York-based social media analytics firm trying to master the CRM suite space. Brian Kotlyar, avp demand generation, reached out to…

  • MLB PrePlay Enhances Second Screen, Fan Experience And Sponsor ROI

    The sports technology suite of PrePlay free apps allows you and your Sports Techie friends to predict every play of every game and earn currency while watching live sport broadcasts. MLB PrePlay is off to its second year and is the official Major League Baseball prediction game. The New York startup had 25 million predictions…

  • Swish Analytics Algorithmic Sports, Predictions And Betting Recommendations At BetBuckets

    Swish Analytics Inc., is a sports technology startup based in San Francisco that developed algorithmic sports, predictions and betting recommendations. The three founders raised $300K in March from a group of private angel investors to deliver algorithmic sports predictions to bettors and fans in the underserved data science field. The ground-breaking movie Moneyball, opened the public’s…

  • March Madness Bracket Hacks And Quicken Loans Tips

    The Sports Techie community blog is happy to share insightful and entertaining March Madness tips and Infographic via Stacey Johnson and Bracket Hacks for the Quicken Loans Billion Dollar Brackets Challenge with Yahoo Sports for a chance to win one billion dollars. Bracket Hacks Bracket Hacks compiled tips on how to build the ultimate bracket.…