The Nike ZoomX Vaporfly NEXT%. (Nike.com Image) Almost as swiftly as the records are falling, scrutiny is catching up to the elite marathoners and the Nike shoes they’re wearing. Axios Sports pointed at the debate in a post on Friday, around the times clocked by Eliud Kipchoge, who ran the first ever sub-2-hour marathon, and […]
Russell Wilson couldn’t hear anyone talking on the other end of his in-helmet communication system during a drive in Sunday’s game at Cleveland. But the Seattle Seahawks quarterback was loud and clear himself this week on how he navigated the tech snafu. During the newest episode of Wilson’s “DangerTalk” podcast, Wilson, alongside tight end Luke […]
TraceMe co-founders Jason LeeKeenan (left) and Russell Wilson speak at an event for TraceMe in Seattle last year. The company pivoted in late 2018 to a sports prediction app called Tally. Now Nike is acquiring the company. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) Nike has acquired TraceMe, the Seattle startup co-founded by Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson […]
Maven CEO James Heckman. Facing protests against its plans to cut staff at Sports Illustrated, Seattle-based media startup Maven defended what it called efforts at “revitalizing and strengthening” the publication. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that 40 employees, or 20 percent of the workforce, were being cut from the iconic sports publication and that […]
A tribute video plays on the big screen at CenturyLink Field as the Seahawks franchise honored Paul Allen and inducted him into the team’s Ring of Honor on Thursday. (GeekWire Photos / Kevin Lisota) Patti Hammond — better known around these parts as “Mama Blue” — knows how much Paul Allen meant to the Seattle […]