Awards & Honors
Diverse list of Sports Business Awards nominees
Presenting the 93 nominees for the 18th annual Sports Business Awards, recognizing excellence over the past year.
Judging committee for Sports Business Awards: Tech
Rob Bence, vice president, technology and cybersecurity, Tepper Sports & Entertainment
2025 Sports Business Awards: Tech
The stage at the Hard Rock Hotel in New York hosted some of the most forward-thinking tech minds advancing the sports industry as the third annual Sports Business Awards: Tech were presented on March 4.
Awards for the award show: the best moments while honoring SBA Tech winners
SBJ Tech honored its award winners and most innovative sports tech companies at the Hard Rock Hotel in New York City on Tuesday night, but we’ll now present awards about the awards.
Sports Business Awards: Tech — Technology Executive of the Year
Chief Content Officer and Executive Producer, UFC
Sports Business Awards: Tech — Best Technology Collaboration
For facial recognition technology at BMO Stadium
Sports Business Awards: Tech — Best in Venue and Franchise Operations Technology
After a successful trial with the Phillies in the latter portion of the 2023 season, six more MLB clubs — the Reds, Astros, Royals, Giants, Rays and Nationals — rolled out the facial authentication venue entry program in 2024. The league’s data shows that Go-Ahead Entry lanes are 141% faster than tr...
Sports Business Awards: Tech — Next in Sports Tech: Rising Female Leader
Director, Business Intelligence & CRM, San Francisco 49ers
Sports Business Awards: Tech — Best in Fan Experience Technology
3D Digital Venue turns group ticket-buying into an immersive experience, helping fans make better-informed seat decisions along the way. The Cubs used the company’s detailed venue maps, which display seat availability visualizations in real time, to drive a 15% increase in online group ticket revenu...
10 Most Innovative Sports Tech Companies: Plantiga insole sensors capture data used for rehab and load management
Ground reaction forces are a critical component of sports. Running and jumping are obvious examples, but just about any athletic movement — pitching a baseball, shooting a basketball, swinging a bat, club or racket — is a process that starts with the feet and works its way up.
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For the league to step in and say that a team chose to play one player over another player and that was the wrong decision, I think that's a bit of a slippery slope.-- NBA EVP/Strategy & Analytics Evan Wasch, on the league monitoring player availability but not mandating how coaches rotate players in game.
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