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XO Armor Technologies secures investment to scale custom 3D-printed protective sports equipment
XO Armor Technologies, which makes custom 3D-printed protective gear, recently closed an oversubscribed investment round led by Benson Capital, with participation from strategic investors such as Clifford Capital and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama. The company declined to specify the amount of th...
SBJ Power Up: Fox Sports revs up MLB Speedway Classic broadcast with camera tech
The Power Up newsletter for Thursday, July 31.
Rezzil to offer free VR broadcast of Burnley friendly
Rezzil, an official VR partner of the Premier League, will offer global fans a free virtual reality broadcast of Burnley’s friendly against Serie A club Lazio on Aug. 9.
Fox Sports to use car cams at MLB Speedway Classic
Fox Sports is leaning into the auto racing setting for the MLB Speedway Classic and will have cameras mounted on several motorized four-wheelers. Among the 40 cameras in use for the broadcast will be a pair affixed to the bullpen cars driving in relief pitchers to the mound, and the same rover that ...
Fire team with Nix Biosensors for sweat monitoring
Nix Biosensors has a new partnership with the Fire that will see the Fire adopt Nix’s sweat monitoring technology into the club’s training and matchday regimens, starting with the 2025 MLS season.
SBJ Power Up: Elon Musk’s xAI partners with Kalshi
The SBJ Power Up newsletter for Monday, July 28.
AI takes center stage at MLS Future of the Game Showcase
MLS held its second annual Future of the Game Showcase during last week’s All-Star festivities at Q2 Stadium in Austin, showing off technology developed by companies participating in the league’s Innovation Lab program. The soccer science fair showed off various soccer-related use cases for artifici...
Edge Sound Research developing broadcast product with help from league, media partners
Audio innovation startup Edge Sound Research initially focused on making sports fans’ in-venue audial experiences more immersive through an offering called Embodied Sound, which leverages vibration to turn materials such as arena seats into sound-radiating objects. But during a demo of that product ...
With NFL season approaching, Kalshi is still here -- and Grok predicts it’s staying
Kalshi co-founder, CEO and social media newsmaker Tarek Mansour was at it again Thursday, posting word of a deal that will bring xAI chatbot Grok to the company’s prediction market app.
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Obviously there’s not much happening between -- I don’t know if more White House visits are really necessary. Those conversations haven’t advanced far from there and with (new CEO Brian Rolapp) stepping in, a lot of that’s going to fall onto his desk now.-- PGA Tour player director Adam Scott, on the lack of movement on negotiations between the PGA Tour and Saudi PIF since the last White House meeting in February.
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