SEATTLE, WA – AUGUST 27: General view of atmosphere during the American Express hosted “Dinner On The 50”, an exclusive Card Member event held on CenturyLink Field on August 27, 2016 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Mat Hayward/Getty Images for American Express)

EVENT ON-SALE: American Express Dinner on the 50 Returns to CenturyLink Field

American Express is back for another NFL season with “American Express Dinner on the 50” at CenturyLink Field on August 29 kicking off their 2017 All for the 12s season long partnership with the Seattle Seahawks. As the curator of THE Sports Techie community blog it gives me pleasure to share this promotion with fellow 12s...

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Qlipp Tennis Performance Sensor Offers Wimbledon Crowdfunding Reward

Today marks the beginning of the 2015 Wimbledon tennis tournament and almost a week since the Qlipp tennis performance sensor launched an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign. The Sports Techie used Skype to chat with Co-founder, Donny Soh, about his Bluetooth enabled tennis sports technology product. The sport of tennis is using sports tech products to help regrow the game here in the US to both youth and adults. Startup companies like Qlipp are launching to capitalize on this trend while helping to grow the game around the globe using performance big data.

Gear up with QLIPP™, The Ult...

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High Tech Tennis For The Sports Techie Community Blog

Sports Techie was asked by iQ by Intel to take a look at the way tech is changing how tennis is played via connected racquets, smart courts and technology being used at this year’s 2014 grand slams, however, since I am no longer a contributor and was sent this story I researched back, I will publish it on my own for our community readers and followers benefit. It was my pleasure to investigate and learn how technologies by Babolat, smartcourts by PlaySight, and the grand slams such as Wimbledon and the U.S. Open, are together pushing tennis forward creating a worldwide renaissance for the sport America used to dominate but not anymore.

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The Sports Techie community blog is excited to share this revolutionary sports tech product created by PlaySight with our website readers, club owners, and all levels of tennis coaches and players

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 revolutionary sports tech product created by PlaySight with our website readers, club owners, and all levels of tennis coaches and players.

PlaySight Lands $3...

2013 World Series Social Media Metrics Breakdown

The World Series social media numbers over the first three games provided insight into fans mindset and feelings. This Sports Techie community blog summary discusses the social media analytics produced on the official Twitter, Google+, Foursquare and Facebook accounts during the 2013 World Series of the Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Cardinals fandome. The fantastic data is provided by the Dachis Group, a social media tracking company. Unprecedented MLB endings to games three were reflected in the engagement activity by the always knowledgeable and loyal Red Sox fans and Cards fans.

2013 World Series Social Media Metrics Breakdown – Sports Techie blog

Game 1-3 Social Media Summaries

The summaries of games 1 and 2/3 (combined) are reflective of...