Google, NCAA team up on cloud marketing deal, will digitize 80 years of sports data Ever wondered who was the best basketball player in the Pac-10 in 1982? If that trivia item has been bugging… 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
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
NCAA President Mark Emmert: Technology a ‘very high priority’ for collegiate sports LAS VEGAS — Utilizing new technology is a “very high priority” for the NCAA, according to the organization’s leader. GeekWire… Read More
Turner Sports to broadcast March Madness semifinal and championship games in virtual reality March Madness is the latest sporting event to be broadcast in virtual reality. Turner Sports announced today that it is… Read More
Microsoft’s March Madness bracket: Here are Bing’s NCAA basketball predictions Editor’s note: Sign up for our GeekWire March Madness contest, with a chance to win tickets to the GeekWire Sports… Read More
NCAA football rules committee approves use of electronic devices for coaches during games The NCAA is easing its restrictions on the use of technology during football games. The NCAA Football Rules Committee today announced… Read More
March Madness at Microsoft: How Bing is predicting college basketball game outcomes Microsoft Bing already used its algorithms to predict outcomes of events like the 2015 Academy Awards and last month’s Super Bowl. But… Read More
NCAA athletes set to receive $40M after EA illegally used their faces, images in video games NCAA athletes have moved one step closer to receiving settlement money for having their names and faces used in video… Read More
EA settles student-athlete lawsuit, will not make NCAA Football in 2014 NCAA Football 2014 may be the last collegiate football game ever produced by Electronic Arts. Earlier today, EA announced that… Read More
Court rejects EA’s appeal over athlete likeness in college football game A circuit court of appeals today rejected EA’s claim that it was protected by the First Amendment in a lawsuit… Read More
NCAA bans Twitter hashtags from football fields, #WTF? It seemed as though the NCAA was lightening up to the idea of social media when it lifted an in-game… Read More
Geek Madness Day 4: Curie vs. Mendel; da Vinci vs. Edison Editor’s Note: Geek Madness is our quest to find the greatest geek of all time On Monday we kicked off the last four first-round matchups… Read More
Should sports reporters be permitted to Tweet every play? Here’s what Pac-12 schools have to say about it By now, you may have heard that the University of Washington athletic department reprimanded a reporter for Tweeting too much… Read More
