Sounders players join fans in a boom, boom, clap. (GeekWire Photos / Kevin Lisota) Seattle Sounders players, coaches, staff and fans took to the streets of downtown Seattle today to celebrate the team’s second MLS Cup victory — a resounding 3-1 win over Toronto FC on Sunday in front of a record crowd at CenturyLink […]
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) We know Jeff Bezos has whipped together pancakes for Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson. Could the billionaire Amazon founder also be working on a recipe that will make him an NFL team owner? A new report from CBS Sports is revisiting the idea that the world’s […]
Vimazi co-founders John Zilly and Scott Tucker. (Vimazi Photos) Nike has more than 100 styles of men’s running shoes and more than a dozen ways to filter through them on its website. But nowhere in the shoe-buying experience will you be asked to consider one of the most basic running-related questions: How fast do you […]
Seattle Sounders hoist the MLS Cup after their victory over Toronto FC (Geekwire Photos / Kevin Lisota) “Today. We. Make. History.” Macklemore wasn’t lying when he addressed the swath of Sounders FC faithful packed into Occidental Park on Sunday, just hours before Seattle’s pro soccer club set all kinds of records and sent this city […]
Macklemore, rapper and new Sounders owner, performs at Occidental Park before the MLS Cup in Seattle. (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper) “This. Is. It.” And it was something. Seattle Sounders FC fans turned out in force Sunday morning for pre-MLS Cup festivities just blocks from CenturyLink Field as the city’s pro soccer team got set […]
The MLS Cup trophy atop the Space Needle in Seattle this week. (Seattle Sounders FC Photo via Twitter) It’s a familiar feeling. For the third time in four years, the Seattle Sounders FC and Toronto FC will meet in the MLS Cup to settle the question of soccer supremacy. But there’s also something familiar about […]
Former Seattle Sounders defender Zach Scott announces the winner of the #GeekiestSoundersFan contest at GeekWire’s Playbook event in Seattle. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) His name is Andy Hartpence, and he normally raps about video games, computer science and robots. But this week the Seattle nerdcore hip hop artist’s sly and silly rhymes about his […]
(Katalyst Photo) Seattle startup Katalyst has raised $5.6 million for an at-home workout experience that uses full-body electrical muscle stimulation (EMS), a training technique that’s popular in countries such as Germany, Japan and Brazil. The round was led by London-based investor Octopus Ventures, whose partner Jo Oliver sits on the startup’s board. Katalyst CEO Björn […]
Sounders fans watch from the Slalom Experience seats at CenturyLink Field as midfielder Nico Lodeiro moves past a defender. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) We’ve got MLS Cup fever here at GeekWire — as you may have noticed with a Rave Green color change to your favorite technology news site. For the third time in […]
Seattle Sounders FC fan Johnathan Davis cheers from his seat among Los Angeles FC fans during the MLS Western Conference Championship. (Sounders FC Photo via Twitter) Johnathan Davis has been cheering soccer in Seattle for the better part of 25 years. He was cheering again in Los Angeles this week during a huge victory for […]