The NFL is hoping to expand its presence in China with a new deal that gives social media platform, Sina Weibo – often called China’s Twitter – the rights to live stream select games on its network, including the Super Bowl. The deal marks the first time a sports league will live stream games on the service, the NFL says. Additionally, Sina will gain the rights to… Read MoreFootball
The NFL is hoping to expand its presence in China with a new deal that gives social media platform, Sina Weibo – often called China’s Twitter – the rights to live stream select games on its network, including the Super Bowl. The deal marks the first time a sports league will live stream games on the service, the NFL says. Additionally, Sina will gain the rights to… Read MoreThey used to just be able to order nachos. Now, gameday apps are poised to do much more. The post Apps Are Bringing Fans Closer to the NFL Than Ever Before appeared first on WIRED.
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Twitter’s big day is finally here. Tonight is the first night of NFL’s Thursday Night Football, which will be streamed all season on Twitter (as well as CBS and NFL Network as cable partners). Twitter reportedly beat out companies like Facebook and Amazon for the exclusive mobile stream, and at the time it was a big win for the company under the then new CEO Jack Dorsey. Now… Read MoreHere’s how to watch Thursday Night Football on Twitter tonight
Twitter’s big day is finally here. Tonight is the first night of NFL’s Thursday Night Football, which will be streamed all season on Twitter (as well as CBS and NFL Network as cable partners). Twitter reportedly beat out companies like Facebook and Amazon for the exclusive mobile stream, and at the time it was a big win for the company under the then new CEO Jack Dorsey. Now… Read MoreHere’s how to watch Thursday Night Football on Twitter tonight
I feel the grouchy old man part of me (about 75-percent of me, at this point) starting to complaining about how in his day throwing the old football around was enough fun and we didn’t need to, well, gamify games. But who am I kidding? We played video games, too. And hey, if you can make throwing a ball even more fun, more power to you. Earlier this year, sporting goods giant Wilson… Read MoreWilson’s Connected Football is a $200 piece of smart pigskin
The Wilson X Connected Football calculates your throwing stats and serves up some fun backyard games. The post Wilson Just Made the Smartest Football of All Time appeared first on WIRED.
Wilson Just Made the Smartest Football of All Time
All it takes to fix a broken arm is a plate, 12 screws, and a printer.
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There's the game on the field, and an app for everything else.
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Super Bowl 50 Has a Sweet App and Crazy-Fast Internet
This might make you less sad you're watching it at home.
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Tracking the performance of players as they practice and in games won't just be about improving performance. It will improve their health as well.
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