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FlexIt’s Head of Training & Innovation: Virtual Training Is Here to Stay

Daily / Thursday, September 2, 2021
It has never been easier to work out with the tier of trainers that keep celebrities like Jennifer Lopez in shape. The pandemic ushered in a new normal of exercising with licensed professionals from the comfort—or discomfort, depending on the preferred intensity—of your home. And celeb trainer...

VALD Performance CEO Laurie Malone: Computer Vision Is the Future

Daily / Tuesday, August 31, 2021
VALD Performance CEO Laurie Malone eventually found his way into sports technology after studying law and finance as an undergraduate in Brisbane and working as a lawyer for five years. Then, after his best friend brought him into a project anchored by academic researchers in Australia...

Disc Golf Pro Ricky Wysocki: The Pandemic Created Lifelong Fans

Daily / Monday, August 30, 2021
Ricky Wysocki is a two-time Pro Disc Golf Association world champion who has overcome personal tragedy and Lyme disease to become one of the best players in the world. The South Carolina-based athlete, 28, ended disc legend Paul Mcbeth’s four-year streak in 2016 to...

Electronic Arts Extends Partnerships With UFC, NHL

Daily / Friday, November 6, 2020
Electronic Arts has extended its multi-year agreements  with the UFC and NHL to continue producing branded video games for both leagues. EA’s renewed partnership with the NHL and NHLPA comes while  NHL 21 has generated record numbers of daily active players, the companies...

Sinclair CEO Optimistic About Rebound of Sports Rights

Daily / Thursday, November 5, 2020
Sinclair Broadcast Group CEO Chris Ripley says he’s optimistic sports rights will rebound, even as the company reported a sizable third quarter loss amid the pandemic. Sinclair owns 21 FOX regional sports networks around the country. “We fundamentally believe that sports rights will be worth...

How Accuracy Technologies Are Evolving the Sport of Skydiving

Daily / Wednesday, November 4, 2020
On a scorcher in July, deaf skydiver Ashraf ul Hossain explained through a sign language interpreter what it was like during his first few days as a student at Skydive the Ranch in Gardiner, N.Y., where all new jumpers must sit through an eight-hour ground course...

Memphis Grizzles Sign Betting and Fantasy Deal With FanDuel

Daily / Tuesday, November 3, 2020
The NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies have announced a multi-year sports betting partnership with FanDuel.  The deal is FanDuel’s first with an NBA team and makes FanDuel the official betting partner and exclusive daily fantasy partner of the Grizzlies. Tennessee legalized online sports betting on Nov. 1.   ...