Brant Berglund, senior director of coaching and GM applications at the NHL, demos new statistics the league is rolling out in partnership with Amazon Web Services. (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper) The NHL brought its third annual Technology Showcase event to Seattle this week, a stone’s throw from the global headquarters of Amazon. It was fitting, […]
Russell Wilson led the Seattle Seahawks to a Super Bowl championship. (GeekWire File Photo / Kevin Lisota) The Russell Wilson era appears to be over in Seattle. The Seahawks have reportedly agreed to a deal that will send the team’s star quarterback to the Denver Broncos, ending ongoing speculation about whether Wilson would stay in […]
Tyler Cox joined the Sounders from Arsenal of the Premier League. (Jane Gershovich Photo via Sounders FC) The Seattle Sounders have a new numbers guy. Sure, it could be a player who scores a lot of goals this season, but this numbers cruncher won’t be on the pitch with the Major League Soccer team. Tyler […]
The SEA 2026 logo for Seattle’s bid to be a host city for international soccer’s 2026 World Cup. (SEA 2026 Image) Seattle is among the contenders to be one of the host cities in the United States for an all-North American FIFA World Cup in 2026, and on Thursday a brand platform and executive committee […]
GeekWire Sounders Day attendees gather on the First Mode rooftop deck, before the Sounders FC match on Tuesday in Seattle. (GeekWire Photos / Kevin Lisota) It was so much fun getting the GeekWire community back together on Tuesday with the return of Sounders Day as we enjoyed great networking, tasty BBQ, cold beverages, and another […]
A match-up poster for the Seattle Sounders FC vs Atlanta United contest on May 22. (MLS Image) Major League Soccer is taking its first shot at the NFT craze this week, launching a collection of street art to celebrate two weekend matches and four teams, including Seattle Sounders FC. The non-fungible tokens will be tied […]
Seattle Storm star Sue Bird. (File Photo via Neil Enns / Seattle Storm) Add the WNBA to the list of professional sports leagues that Amazon wants to help showcase via its Prime Video streaming platform. Amazon and the WNBA reached a multi-year agreement giving Prime Video exclusive global streaming rights to 16 WNBA games per […]
(NFL Image) It might seem like a no-brainer to pit the Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Tom Brady against “America’s team,” the Dallas Cowboys, in the opening game of the 2021 NFL season. But figuring out the matchups, locations and timing of the other 271 games takes a bit of computing power. The […]
MOJO is launching with coaching guidance for youth soccer and will also offer content on basketball, baseball and softball. (MOJO Photo) A search on YouTube for “youth sports drills” returns an endless scroll of every type of practice workout you could imagine. All levels of athletic skill and coaching style are on display in a […]
(Amazon Image) Amazon will kick off its fourth consecutive year of streaming Thursday Night Football games later this week as Tampa Bay visits Chicago amid an unusual NFL season with the ongoing pandemic. Prime members will have access to a couple new features while watching the games. Last year Amazon rolled out a custom version […]