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Twitter limit: University of Washington caps live game coverage for media, threatens credential revocation

UPDATE, NOV. 13 3:30 P.M.: We followed up on this story and asked several schools up and down the west coast… Read More

Hot yoga, cooking classes and … Washington football tickets? UW selling seats on Groupon

When I first came across Washington Huskies football tickets on Groupon two months ago, I wondered if it was a… Read More

Sports social network Fanzo enters a very crowded field

Paul Ingalls readily admits that there’s no shortage of players trying to carve new businesses in the arena of social… Read More

Xbox makes a play for hoops fans with NBA Game Time

After unveiling expanded sports programming at the E3 video game conference in June, Microsoft Xbox has just announced a new… Read More

Paul Allen discusses the Stratolaunch and sports at U.S. Space & Rocket Center

Dressed in a black tuxedo, Paul Allen sat on stage in front of 800 people Wednesday night in Huntsville, Alabama… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Ex-Amazon, Microsoft workers create a social network for sports nuts

Startups face all sorts of complex challenges. For Sidelines founders Vinay Kuruvila, Arka Ray and Marios Assiotis, the biggest hurdle was whether… Read More

NFL adopts startup’s technology to detect concussions in real time

The National Football League may not be making all the right calls on the field, but an agreement with a… Read More

Controversial Seahawks ending sets off wildfire on Facebook and Twitter

The controversy surrounding the end of Seattle’s 14-12 win over Green Bay at CenturyLink Field Monday night certainly did not stop at… Read More

App of the Week: NFL Kicker 13

Remember the days of flicking a paper triangle through the ‘goalposts’ of your friend’s hands? Here’s the digital version of… Read More

Embattled Penn State football program kicks off new iPhone app with help from Seattle startup

It’s no secret that the image and aura of the Penn State University football program went from representing high-class tradition to… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Tenacity Sports looks to help you discover sports activities

Tenacity Sports started with a simple mission — to foster and empower local sports communities. The year-old company got off… Read More

New Seahawks app is a winner … unlike the team so far

Whether you’re cheering in the stands at Century Link Field or watching the game halfway across the globe, the new Seahawks… Read More

Seahawks embrace tablet-based playbooks (Are those iPads in the lockers?)

For years, professional football players have been forced to lug around hefty playbooks. But the three-ring binders — stuffed with dozens… Read More

Stanford in town for the big game? You may pay more for those tickets

Organizations love the idea of variable or dynamic pricing, in part because they can make more money when demand is… Read More

Amazon prepares fall launch of AfterSchool.com, a new site for sports and outdoor gear for kids

Amazon.com’s Quidsi unit is gearing up to launch a new sports and activities site called AfterSchool.com, designed to outfit kids… Read More

Olympics traffic jams not as bad as feared, INRIX finds

Gearing up for the Summer Olympics in London, one of the concerns in London was about the traffic. But it… Read More

Guy Adams back on Twitter after Olympic tweet scandal

“Matt Lauer would do well to shut up, wouldn’t he?” This is just one of many critical — and hilarious… Read More

Hark and Sports Byline to post 17,000 hours of athlete interviews and clips

The Olympics officially kick off in London today with the opening ceremonies, reminding everyone that it’s a good time to… Read More

Cheezburger gets Olympic spirit with ROFLympics

Cheezburger is turning its focus from cats to Olympians with a new site called ROFLympics 2012 that’s launched just in time for… Read More

Olympic fever? BuddyTV’s new mobile program guide helps sports fans find the action

With more than 5,500 hours of television programming scheduled for the London Olympics, TV viewers can tune in to nearly… Read More

Amazon carves new niche, sponsors pro skateboarder

Microsoft’s sponsorship of professional sports is pretty well known in these parts, with its Bing logo adorning the jerseys of… Read More

Evri spins out SportStream with $3.5M from Paul Allen

Seattle startup Evri was founded in 2007, designed to help people make better sense of news and information. A lot… Read More

Ballmer, Nordstroms revealed as investors in Seattle NBA bid

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has signed on as an investor in a bid to build a new sports arena in… Read More

Paul Allen

Paul Allen gets into Twitter spat with sports columnist

Twitter is such an equalizing force. How else can the billionaire owner of a struggling NBA franchise make his feelings… Read More

The top Tweeters in baseball

There’s perhaps no American pastime filled with as many data geeks and stat hounds as baseball, a sport where every… Read More

Startup lessons from Jeremy Lin: 5 tips for improving your entrepreneurial game

I admit I happen to think Jeremy Lin is the Second Coming. We live in a great country at an… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Korrio looks to score with social network for youth sports

As a father and coach, Steve Goldman experienced first-hand the pains of getting youth sports teams organized. And as a… Read More

Will Steve Ballmer play ball in Seattle’s NBA hoop dreams?

Last summer, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told a group of Seattle Rotarians last summer that the lack of an NBA… Read More

Can Paul Allen bring a Super Bowl to Seattle? Maybe if the billionaire can change the weather

Super Bowl Sunday could find its way to Seattle some time after 2015 if the Microsoft co-founder and Seattle Seahawks… Read More

Amazon opens sports collectibles store, with signed items from Tom Brady, Derek Jeter and other greats

Just in time for the Super Bowl, Amazon.com is rolling out its latest game plan in e-commerce. The company today… Read More

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