Tag: Professional
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McIlroy Still Hopeful Following a Strong British Masters Showing
After a winless season that has seen the Northern Irishman missing cuts left, right and center, Rory McIlroy put on one of his most impressive performances of the season last week at the British Masters, finishing second only behind fellow Irishman Paul Dunne. McIlroy will be hoping that his convincing performance at Northumberland’s Close Club is enough to…
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Panasonic USA Powers SunTrust Park, Battery Immersive Entertainment Solutions
Panasonic USA and the Atlanta Braves are using proprietary technology and cutting-edge immersive entertainment solutions to super charge SunTrust Park and the Battery district’s new legacy destination entirely focused on the connected fan experience. In just 36-months’ time, the Braves designed and constructed the premier MLB ballpark to be ready for the 2017 season as…
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Seattle Seahawks, Century Link Field Plus 12s Are NFL Odds Game Changers
Seattle Seahawks, Century Link Field Plus 12s Are NFL Odds Game Changers Stadiums such as Century Link (Clink) Field, the NFL home stadium of the Seattle Seahawks, are full of technologies that increase fan engagement that ultimately provide a competitive edge affecting the odds and point spread. In regards to the Hawks, the 12s make…
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Martinsville Speedway Installs Ephesus LED For First NASCAR Race At Night
NASCAR’S Biggest, Richest and Most Prestigious Late Model Stock Car Race to be First Event Under Martinsville Speedway’s New Eaton LED Lighting System Martinsville Speedway will light up their racing track for the first time after installing the Ephesus LED sports lighting system for this weekend’s historic NASCAR Late Model Stock Car race. This sports…
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IceJerseys Delivers Official Licensed Merchandise To THE Sports Techie Community
IceJerseys offers authentic, officially licensed NHL, NFL, MLB, NBA and soccer sports merchandise as an international, online e-commerce store in operation and driven by tech since 1999 from Montreal, Canada. This review of the purchasing experience and products for THE Sports Techie community blog was fun to go through as a consumer and fan of…
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Sports Gambling May Soon Be Legal Outside Las Vegas
Sports betting and gambling may soon be legal outside of Las Vegas perhaps by next year in states like New Jersey from all indications. NBA commissioner Adam Silver to former MLB commish Fay Vincent are making statements indicating they are betting on this sea of change happening in the near future even though an ongoing…
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Mayweather, McGregor Odds, Bettors, Social Hype Tour and PPV
Floyd “Money” Mayweather is favored to defeat MMA superstar Conor “Notorious” McGregor in a highly anticipated boxing match on August 26 that opened at 225-1 and is now 1.18 to 1 in favor of the 40-year old boxing legend according to CrownBet, the premier online odds provider located in Australia. Because the fight hype has…
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The PGA Championship In Golf
The PGA Championship In Golf The PGA Championship is an annual professional golf competition that attracts some of the best players in the world. It is the final major competition of 2017 year and is held August 10-13, three weeks before Labor Day weekend. In 2017, the competition will be held at the hollowed Quail…
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FIRST YEAR OF CENTRALIZED REPLAY A SUCCESS, SAYS ACC
For the moment, ACC league Coordinator of Football Officiating, Dennis Hennigan, seems happy with the way Collaborative Instant replay has been used in its first two seasons; of course, not everyone will agree with his assessment. The Sports Techie community blog sure does and believes using video to assist referees must become a standard across…
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Start Your UAV Engines: Getting Started in Drone Racing
When affordable drones first became available, it was only a matter of time before people began racing them. The Sports Techie community blog loves this new sport because it is truly the merger of sports and technology with a healthy dose of safe competition. It’s obvious why drone racing is taking the world by storm when the…