Working in the world of sports is a complicated proposition. To begin with, you can’t do it just for the love of the game. Yes, it helps to be passionate about the sports you work with, but the nuts and bolts of what you do day in and day out is actually more important. You’ll…
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Computer Security In Pro Sports: The Unseen Player
Computer security is an inescapable topic these days. Frequent hacks of employers, retailers, and healthcare institutions have put millions of us in the line of fire for identity theft. Like any other business, professional sports teams face these same hazards. They must safeguard social security numbers and other personal data for employees and vendors, but…
Press Play and Breathe Life Into Your Workout
When it comes to workout accessories, there’s no shortage of options for making your exercise routine more productive, more focused, or just more fun. Sometimes all you have to do is find your favorite playlist and press play. But if you’re looking for the one accessory that can accomplish all three of those goals and…
Mobile App Review – Fandings – Your Favorite Sports Bar in Your Pocket
Everyone has a favorite sports bar or pub, and a great factor that influences our choice is the people you get to interact with there. What would sports bars be without fans to cheer with (or against) your favorite team? You think you could easily win any debate while the game is on. But you…
Has Fantasy Sports Created a New Generation of Stats Junkies?
Fantasy sports is a simple game that started out decades ago, and slowly blossomed into a billion dollar off the books gambling industry that continues to gain popularity each year. Being a fantasy manager offers fans the unique opportunity to feel more important, make the big decisions they’ve always wanted to make and perhaps win…
The Sponsored Marathon Photo – an Emerging Model
The marathon photo has been around since running events became a popular leisure and recreational activity. Runners train months for a marathon – and love to get their moments of achievement memorized in great photos during race day. For years the dominant business model driving the marathon photo was selling photos to athletes. This model…
The Art of Buying Sports Tickets
Over the past few years the art of buying sports tickets has changed. In the beginning, ticket buyers needed to purchase them directly from Ticketmaster or the team directly. If a game was sold out you could buy from a ticket broker, or scalper. As technology improved, a new form of buying sports tickets began…
Madden NFL 25’s Super Bowl Prediction
If you’ve wondered how a video game can predict the outcome of a Super Bowl, you’re not alone. The Madden franchise has been remarkably accurate in its predictions. In eight of the ten years EA Sports has been running the simulation, the video game franchise has picked the correct winner, often times with a decent…
TBI In Sports: Highlights from the Brewer Sports/Amarantus C4CT Summit
Yesterday Brewer Sports International (BSI) and partner Amarantus Bioscience hosted the second annual Coalition for Concussion Treatment (#C4CT) Concussion Awareness Summit at the United Nations in New York City. Part of Brewer Sports’s suite of Super Bowl week events, #C4CT brought together the brightest minds in medicine, business and sports to discuss the issues surrounding concussion and Traumatic Brain…
Wearable Technology Changing The Sports Landscape
Wearable technology is becoming the latest fad, especially after the launch of smartwatches, various exercise monitors and the unveiling of Google Glass. Below is a look at a few of those technologies and how they are being used to impact the way sports are played and trained for, as well as how they are used…
Make Your New Year’s Resolution A Reality With MapMyFitness
Just in time for the New Year, Under Armour acquired MapMyFitness, the fitness technology company fueling one of the world’s largest digital fitness communities. It’s quite fitting that the leader of innovation in sports performance would expand its reach into the digital fitness world, making it easier for athletes everywhere to achieve their fitness goals….
Sports Ngin – FASTHockey Launch New Tech Platform
Sport Ngin and FASThockey.com have teamed up to launch a digital media platform for premier ice hockey leagues. The comprehensive and fully integrated platform will be called FASThockey 360°. The new video platform was created specifically to deliver live video streaming of premier ice hockey league play. The FASTHockey 360° platform was in development for…