Sports Tech – Page 18 of 50

NFL and NCAA teams will equip players with VICIS high-tech helmets during spring football

More Vicis helmets are out in the wild as the Seattle startup prepares to equip NFL and NCAA teams with… Read More

How IBM is using its Watson AI platform to automatically generate Masters highlight reels

IBM is using new technology to help speed up the highlight reel production process at the Masters golf tournament in Augusta,… Read More

Podcast

Sonic Boom? Why the tech industry should care about Seattle’s efforts to revive its NBA team

Editor’s Note: Jeff Shulman, a University of Washington Foster School of Business marketing professor, hosts Seattle Growth Podcast. His second season explores… Read More

Here’s why Amazon just paid a reported $50M to stream NFL games

The idea of Amazon streaming live NFL games probably isn’t something that the Seattle-based tech giant considered when it launched more than… Read More

Uber inks deal with AEG to become ‘official’ ride-hailing provider at 27 venues around the world

Uber today announced a partnership with AEG, one of the top global sports and live entertainment companies. The ride-hailing giant… Read More

Intel expands partnership with NFL, will install 360-degree replay cameras in more stadiums

Expect more 360-degree replays while watching NFL games. Intel will install its high-tech cameras in more stadiums across the NFL… Read More

Tennis legend Roger Federer will play with Bill Gates in Seattle to support children’s education in Africa

Roger Federer will play tennis in Seattle for the first time and he’ll have a unique partner with him on the court:… Read More

Amazon scores NFL streaming deal for reported $50M, outbidding Twitter and other tech giants

Amazon has reached a deal with the NFL to stream 10 Thursday Night Football games during the upcoming season for a reported… Read More

Special Olympics makes technological leaps and bounds with help from Microsoft

Each year, Special Olympics International and its 220 chapters worldwide organize some 108,000 events. The games give athletes with intellectual… Read More

Amazon greenlights new season of ‘All or Nothing’ behind-the-scenes NFL series

Amazon’s popular behind-the-scenes NFL series is getting another season. The tech giant announced today that it has greenlit season two… Read More

So far, Bing’s March Madness ‘intelligent’ predictions aren’t beating the human crowd

Can a computer fill out a March Madness bracket better than humans? So far this year, it doesn’t look like… Read More

You can buy “virtual tickets” for March Madness thanks to Intel’s VR partnership with NCAA, Turner

Intel is upping its virtual reality game. The tech giant today announced a multi-year deal with Turner Sports and the NCAA… Read More

As Sounders FC looks to defend MLS Cup title, use of sports science remains a ‘competitive advantage’

For the Seattle Sounders, sports analytics remains an important part of winning matches and keeping players healthy. The defending MLS Cup… Read More

How Amazon’s new shopping concept, Seattle’s Monorail, and drones may affect Key Arena renovation

Tim Leiweke knows that Seattle is one of the nation’s most tech-savvy cities and his ideas for renovating Key Arena… Read More

Seattle Mariners and Oakland A’s come out swinging on Twitter and trade jabs over new ads

If Major League Baseball decides to put together an all-star team called the Internet Trolls, social media folks from the Seattle… Read More

Twitter inks another live sports streaming deal, this time with National Lacrosse League

Twitter today announced a two-year live streaming partnership with the National Lacrosse League (NLL), expanding its growing catalog of live… Read More

GeekWire March Madness contest: Win a free Sports Tech Summit ticket, t-shirts, and more

We’re getting ready for our second annual GeekWire Sports Tech Summit that will take place on June 22 at CenturyLink… Read More

Here are Microsoft Bing’s March Madness bracket predictions, powered by ‘intelligent machine-learning technology’

Can Villanova repeat as national champs? Is this finally Gonzaga’s year? How far will Northwestern go? Don’t ask us. If you… Read More

MLS Commissioner Don Garber talks Facebook streaming deal, video-assisted refs, sports betting

AUSTIN, TX. — Count Don Garber among the folks who are looking forward to video assistant referee technology being used during… Read More

You can fill out a March Madness bracket on Twitter thanks to the NCAA’s ‘official hamburger’

If you’re looking to fill out a March Madness bracket online, ESPN and Yahoo are two platforms that likely come… Read More

Nike unveils the shoe it hopes will push runners past the 2-hour marathon barrier this spring

In 2014, Kenya’s Dennis Kimetto ran a marathon in Berlin in 2:02:57, setting the world record for the fastest time… Read More

Major League Baseball is first to allow the use of a device to collect player biometrics in games

Seasoned Major League Baseball managers who think they’ve got a beat on player performance by counting pitches and so forth… Read More

Twitch ‘Pulse’ adds Facebook-like social media tool to streaming giant’s front page

Twitch just got a lot more social. On Monday, the Amazon-owned video-game streaming company rolled out a new social media tool… Read More

NY Knicks nix music and video during game — does NBA basketball look and sound better this way?

Sneakers squeaking on the hardwood and the “string music” made by a basketball going through the net were the defining… Read More

Photos: Seahawks host first-ever Madden 17 Championship Tournament in Seattle

Virtual football collided with real football at a first-of-its-kind event on Thursday evening in Seattle. The Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP)… Read More

GeekWire heads to SXSW in search of sports tech, startups, BBQ, and more

How do I get around a new city without Uber or Lyft? Where is the best mouth-watering BBQ? And how… Read More

Twitter will livestream 1,500 hours of eSports programming through ESL and DreamHack partnership

Twitter is teaming up with some of the world’s top eSports companies as it continues to ink more and more live-streaming… Read More

EA exec and former Xbox leader Peter Moore to become CEO of Liverpool FC

After stints with Electronic Arts, Microsoft and SEGA, Peter Moore has landed his “dream” job — but not at a company… Read More

Sounders FC revamps smartphone app to make mobile ticketing easier for soccer fans

Mobile ticketing continues to be a big focus for the Seattle Sounders. The MLS club just revamped its iOS and Android… Read More

Major League Baseball streaming service taps Amazon Video exec to lead BAMTech

Embed from Getty Images Michael Paull, a long-time digital media veteran who spent the last three years heading up Amazon’s ambitious video efforts,… Read More