Tag: grassroots
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PlaySight Lands $3.5m Investment To Fund Worldwide Distribution of Game-Changing Sports Technology
PlaySight Interactive, an innovative sports technology Company and creators of an affordable, tennis analytic system (the ‘SmartCourt’), today announced the completion of a $3.5 million investment round from high-profile private investors including Novak Djokovic, Billie-Jean King, Bill Ackman, Mark Ein, Dr. Jim Loehr and others. The Sports Techie community blog is excited to share this…
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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…
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Houston Dynamo Lead MLS adoption Of Performa Sports Player Development Solutions
The Houston Dynamo recently signed up with Performa Sports for real-time performance analysis and player development support, the first North American MLS franchise to do so. Joe Turley, Director of Marketing & Communications, Performa Sports, was en route to a video analysis session with an Irish League football club outside Dublin, Ireland when he responded…
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Manchester City Football Club Partners with iON in Exclusive Video Content Deal
The news out of London today that Manchester City Football Club announced a new partnership with iON Cameras is an opportunity for the Premier League team to enhance the fan and youth player experience using sports technology products. The deal centers on the brand famous for their Shoot/Share™ Wi-Fi connectivity and point-of-view (POV) cameras, becoming City’s Official…
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Support The Citi Team For Tomorrow U.S. Olympic Nordic Combined Program And Billy Demong
Our second Every Step of the Way influencer program Sports Techie community blog is about the Olympic sport of Nordic Combined and Team USA athlete Billy Demong’s work with Citi to help future generations. U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist Demong has teamed up with Team for Tomorrow to help spread the Olympic value of respect, excellence…
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Team Citi Athletes Team Up with U.S Olympic, Paralympic And Community Programs In Need
The 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics are here and the Sports Techie community blog is now part of an exclusive group of bloggers who are using their influence to share stories of the Team Citi® athletes and the programs they are helping, while supporting Team USA. These nine U.S. Olympic and Paralympic athletes represent nine winter…
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Win Playing Draft Gods Daily Fantasy Sports For Free Cash And Prizes
Draft Gods is the first of its kind fantasy hybrid sports model. The sports tech founders are based in Raleigh, North Carolina and have created a platform that bridges the gap between season-long fantasy and daily fantasy sports, through a membership platform. The Sports Techie community blog spoke with DraftGod’s DJ Fiterman, Director of Marketing…
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Get Your Sports Tech Rolling At Connecting Business and Sports Services Event in Beijing, China
From 28 May through 1 June, 2014 at the China National Convention Center in Beijing, the China Sports Industry International (CSII) is hosting an event that has wide-ranging sports, business and cultural entrepreneurial opportunities. If you have an idea or business that can impact the Sports Techie community and beyond, the CIFTIS-Sports, Republic of China…
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Rugby Football Union Signs Digital Media, Creative And Production Services Deal With Deltatre
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) and deltatre announced last week from London that they signed an agreement for support of digital media, creative and production services as the organization transitions its digital strategy to a more sports technology friendly infrastructure. The Sports Techie community has many International rugby players, coaches and fans all over the world who…
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We Play: NBA In The UK – Challenges, Opportunities And Social Media ROI Free Download
We Play released NBA in the UK: Challenges, Opportunities and Social Media ROI which is available as a free download via the company’s website. The report takes an in-depth look at the NBA’s UK fan base in order to identify the sports business opportunities and challenges the organization faces ahead of January’s Global Game in London between the Atlanta…