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Tag: Lacrosse

  • NLL Commish Nick Sakiewicz Steps Down Name Jessica Berman Interim Commissioner

    National Lacrosse League (@NLL) Commissioner Nick Sakiewicz is stepping down after six-years of unprecedented growth. He was a major reason for the league’s recent financial success, new media partnerships with ESPN, ESPN+ and TSN in Canada, and expansion into new business spaces such as sports betting leading to an extension of their Official Sports Betting…

  • National Lacrosse League Signs Sportlogiq As Official Stats Partner

    National Lacrosse League (NLL) and Sportlogiq just signed an Official Statistics Partner deal. The multi-year contract delivers artificial intelligence (AI) powered stats to teams, partners and fans via live match data collected at all 13 NLL venues in the United States and Canada. The sport of lacrosse is exploding across North America making this partnership…

  • NLL Names Hires Jessica Berman As First Woman Deputy Commissioner in Men’s Pro Sports Leagues

    The National Lacrosse League (NLL) named Jessica Berman their new Deputy Commissioner and EVP of Business Affairs making her the first women to hold the title of Commish in a men’s professional sports league. The Sports Techie community blog chatted with Berman today about being a pioneer for females in both sport and business along…

  • MLL Reacquires Media Broadcast Rights, Drops 3 Teams, Seeks New Owners

    Major League Lacrosse wants brand exposure and economic growth for the 2019 MLL season and beyond through the execution of strategic plans centered on expanding into calculated markets. The newest good news is the MLL reacquired their media rights back and voted in the ‘one team, one owner’ structure. The bad news is contraction of…

  • MLL Commissioner Talks Draft, Media Rights, Moneyball, Stadiums, Gambling and PLL

    Major League Lacrosse is in the good hands of Commissioner Alexander “Sandy” Brown. The Sports Techie community blog welcomed the opportunity to chat with Sandy today about the state of the league. The upcoming MLL 2019 Collegiate Draft presented by Cascade on March 9 is hosted by the NASCAR Hall-of-Fame in what the Commish calls,…

  • TeamSnap Officials, Refs and Umps Sports Tech Management

    TeamSnap Launches New Officials Management Platform to Serve Referees and Umpires TeamSnap Officials is ready to use. It was designed specifically to manage game officials as an intuitive online sports tech platform. This new feature allows for the management of match officials, referees and umpires while meeting communication and scheduling needs in regards to youth…

  • The Rise Of Soccer By Women And Girls

    The Women’s Football BOOM! Football around the globe has never been more popular and much on the rise in soccer participation numbers can be attributed to women. The amount of female players registering to play football here in the United States coincides with the US Soccer National Team and their success as World Cup and…

  • SF Giants First MLB Users Of Halo Sports Wearable Neuro Tech Headset

    San Francisco Giants and Halo Neuroscience Announce New Partnership Halo Neuroscience and the San Francisco Giants are the newest wearable tech partnership as Major League Baseball pioneers into the wearbles sports tech industry. The Giants join the Golden State Warriors in the NBA as the first professional sports teams in their respective leagues to officially…

  • Pyramid of Success By Coach John Wooden Digital Learning Course

    Coach John Wooden’s Pyramid of Success book and his life teachings are now available in a 10-module course. The family of the former UCLA basketball coaching legend did their due diligence and decided to partner with SUCCESS Academy to make it so. The launch in November, 2016 of the digital learning course allows college hoops…