Sports Tech – Page 7 of 50

Seattle Mariners joining other pro sports franchises with increased move to mobile ticketing

The Seattle Mariners have a bunch of new faces on the field, a new name on the stadium and an… Read More

Seahawks star Russell Wilson touts his new sports prediction app Tally at Super Bowl, with $250K prize available Sunday

Russell Wilson won’t suit up on Super Bowl Sunday but he’s still staying busy off the field in Atlanta this… Read More

Seattle light therapy company wins 2nd place at NFL’s Super Bowl startup competition

The Seahawks aren’t playing in the Super Bowl on Sunday, but there’s another Seattle-area team doing its own type of… Read More

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Geared Up for the Super Bowl: Last-minute TV recommendations for the big game

One of the most highly anticipated television events of the year, Super Bowl LIII, is coming up on Sunday, Feb.… Read More

NFL quarterbacks Aaron Rodgers and Alex Smith make another investment in helmet-maker Vicis

NFL quarterbacks Aaron Rodgers and Alex Smith are re-upping their investment in Vicis. The Seattle-based high-tech helmet maker expanded its… Read More

Seahawks star Russell Wilson uses Uber ads to prove he can poke fun at painful Super Bowl loss

At least Russell Wilson can joke about it. With the Super Bowl just a couple days away, the sting for… Read More

Ex-Microsoft exec pleads guilty to fraud in $1.5M Super Bowl ticket and invoice scheme

Jeff Tran, a former director of sports marketing at Microsoft, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and attempting to steal more… Read More

Seattle venture capitalist joins Reign FC ownership group as soccer team announces move to Tacoma and new stadium plans

The Seattle Reign FC, the professional women’s soccer club that has played for five seasons at Memorial Stadium, is dropping… Read More

Brooks Running CEO Jim Weber considers leaving China over ‘unsettling’ tariff situation

Brooks Running CEO Jim Weber is reconsidering the company’s presence in China amid an ongoing tariff dispute between the U.S.… Read More

Amazon reveals new Thursday Night Football streaming stats, brings back first female NFL broadcasting duo

Amazon is bringing back Hannah Storm and Andrea Kremer to commentate its Thursday Night Football streams on Prime Video next season. The… Read More

New app by Microsoft alumni is a personal sports assistant to manage your athletic match ups

Two Microsoft veterans are building apps to help people put down their mobile devices and engage with others in the… Read More

Seattle Sounders and Reign FC unveil new jersey sponsor, replace Microsoft with online retailer Zulily

Editor’s note: This story has been updated with details from the Sounders’ event announcing Zulily as its new jersey sponsor.… Read More

University of Washington building esports arena and lounge to tap into huge gaming movement

The University of Washington is adding another sport to its competitive landscape in Seattle with the addition of the new… Read More

Nike unveils new self-lacing basketball shoes controlled by a smartphone app

Nike is disrupting shoelaces. The Beaverton, Ore.-based shoe giant unveiled its latest technological innovation on Tuesday, showing off the new… Read More

Testing Stretch 22, a new ‘stretch therapy’ startup backed by Expedia and Zillow founder Rich Barton

After two hours of pickup basketball the previous evening, I woke up on Friday morning last week feeling pretty sore.… Read More

NFL and Amazon go deep with a new Alexa skill to help casual fans better understand football

Just in time for the NFL Playoffs, which kick off this weekend, casual football fans can learn the difference between… Read More

VIDEO: Our favorite GeekWire moments of 2018

In this episode of TLDR, we’re taking a look back at some of our favorite and most fun GeekWire moments… Read More

Mariners fans tee off on T-Mobile Park and take shots against new Seattle baseball stadium name

When your team has the longest post-season drought in all of American professional sports, there is little news — short… Read More

Mariners see magenta: T-Mobile Park is the new name for Seattle’s pro baseball stadium

Mariners fans, meet magenta. Seattle’s pro baseball stadium will be named T-Mobile Park for the next 25 years after a… Read More

Amazon adds NBA League Pass to Prime video lineup as tech giant continues sports push

Amazon bolstered its growing library of live sports programming with the addition of NBA League Pass to Prime Video Channels.… Read More

Topgolf to Seattle? High-tech sports entertainment company proposes facility in Renton

Fast-growing high-tech sports entertainment company Topgolf has its eyes on the Seattle area with a new proposal to build a… Read More

‘Thursday Night Football’ to feature co-stream by hugely popular gamer ‘Ninja’ on Amazon’s Twitch

The Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Chargers will show off their brand of “multiplayer entertainment” in a “Thursday Night… Read More

Watching the Seattle Seahawks win is fun again — especially with these viral videos on Twitter

Update: Wednesday, 8:30 p.m. PT: What does the guy making viral videos about the Seattle Seahawks’ recent success think about… Read More

After questioning moon landings, NBA star Stephen Curry gets an invite from NASA

One way to get an tour of Johnson Space Center’s high-security Lunar Sample Laboratory Facility is to question whether people… Read More

#SurfaceDrop: Seahawks star Russell Wilson births new celebration with Microsoft tablet during big win

Russell Wilson may have inadvertently invented the geekiest touchdown celebration of the NFL season. The Seattle Seahawks quarterback was on… Read More

NHL approves Seattle expansion franchise, set to begin play in 2021 near Amazon campus

Professional hockey is coming back to the Emerald City. The NHL Board of Directors on Tuesday awarded an expansion franchise… Read More

Amazon debuts new self-driving racing league with tiny machine learning-powered race cars

Amazon’s investment in the sports world continued at the company’s signature cloud technology conference this week, but not in the… Read More

T-Mobile Field? Uncarrier Park? Report says wireless giant to assume naming rights for Seattle baseball stadium

The Safeco Field signage came down from Seattle’s baseball stadium a week ago, and according to a new report, the… Read More

Seattle Mariners’ data guru Lorena Martin rips team’s leadership after being fired from unique job

Lorena Martin, the first Director of High Performance with the Seattle Mariners, is out after just one season with the… Read More

If Paul Allen’s Seattle Seahawks are sold, who could step in? Bill Gates? Jeff Bezos? Howard Schultz?!

Paul Allen saved the Seattle Seahawks when he acquired the team in 1996 and kept the NFL franchise from relocating… Read More