Sacramento Kings Fans Break Guinness World Record For Loudest Crowd Roar
via www.forbes.com Somewhere in Sacramento, a throng is walking around today saying, “Huh? I can’t hear you.” With a national television audience watching on ESPN, Sacramento Kings fans broke the Guinness World record for the Loudest Crowd Roar at an Indoor Sports Stadium. Not satisfied with doing it once, the SacTown faithful did this three [...]
Chicago Startup In Position To Revolutionize NFL Players’ Concussion Detection And Analysis
Via Forbes An announcement on August 29, 2013 stated that the NFL and retired football players reached an agreement to purportedly end the pending massive concussion litigation containing thousands of former players as plaintiffs. As of today, Senior U.S. District Judge Anita Brody who is overseeing the judicial proceedings that have combined the hundreds of cases into one within [...]
Atlanta Braves Might Get Their New Stadium For Free
via www.forbes.com Naming rights to baseball stadiums fetch a lot of money these days. Atlanta Braves (Photo credit: Keith Allison) The New York Mets are getting $400 million over 20 years from Citigroup C +0.44%. Coca-Cola KO +0.22% is paying $178 million over 28 years for Minute Maid Park in Houston. How much could the Atlanta Braves get for the naming rights [...]
Alabama’s Mosley Named Lott IMPACT Player of the Week
Via www.LottImpactTrophy.org NEWPORT BEACH, Ca. – Alabama Linebacker C.J. Mosley has been named the Lott IMPACT Player of the Week. The 6-2, 238-pound senior from Mobile, Alabama had a dominating game against LSU Saturday, recording a team high 12 tackles (one and a half for losses) and breaking up two passes in an impressive 38-17 win for [...]
Lott IMPACT Trophy Award Ceremony To Be Televised on Fox December 8th
Via LottImpactTrophy.org On December 8th at 7 p.m. Pacific Standard Time Fox will televise a one-hour show covering the 10th annual Lott IMPACT Trophy Award Ceremony live from the Pacific Club in Newport Beach. The Lott IMPACT Trophy Award Ceremony will bring together the sporting community's elite to recognize college football’s Defensive IMPACT® Player of the Year. The [...]
NBA Tip-Off: 6 Business Stories To Watch This Season
via forbes.com The NBA season gets started Tuesday night with a trio of games highlighted by a clash between the Derrick Rose-led Chicago Bulls and the two-time defending champion Miami Heat. Las Vegas has the Heat favored to win a third straight title with the Oklahoma City Thunder, Los Angeles Clippers and Bulls among the [...]
Under Armour Buys ‘MapMyFitness’ for $150 Million
Via Mashable Athletic clothing brand Under Armour is buying workout app MapMyFitness for $150 million. The company plans to use the purchase to "broaden its existing digital offerings," according to The Wall Street Journal. “Athlete biometric measurement is a new business we’re just getting behind,” Kevin Plank, Under Armour’s CEO, told the publication. Under [...]
Ohio State’s Shazier Named Lott IMPACT Player of The Week
Via LottImpactTrophy.org Ohio State Linebacker Ryan Shazier has been named the Lott IMPACT Player of the Week. The 6-2, 230-pound junior from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida had three tackles for loss, including two sacks, and seven total tackles as the Buckeyes rolled over Purdue, 56-0 last Saturday. Shazier is one of 20 quarter-finalists for the annual [...]
Study: 8% of Americans Get Their News on Twitter
via mashable.com A new study reveals that 8% of Americans get their news on Twitter — people who are younger, more educated and more mobile than the 30% of Americans who get their news onFacebook.Half of the 16% of U.S. adults who use Twitter get their news on the social network, according to the study, which was published by the [...]
Heat start at the top, new team on the other side of things
via www.nba.com It probably feels like this every year, but there are so many questions to be answered going into this NBA season. They start at the top, with the Heat's ability to withstand another grueling season after three straight trips to The Finals, and the Spurs' ability to recover from the brutal blow of [...]