The new logo for the Seattle Kraken NHL team. (Seattle Kraken Image) Seattle’s professional hockey team finally has a name — and it’s time to get Kraken. In a much-hyped branding reveal on Thursday morning from the construction site where a new Seattle arena is being built, the Seattle Kraken team name, logo and colors […]
A “Thursday Night Football” game as seen on Amazon Prime Video. (Amazon / NFL screen grab) Sports fans missing baseball, basketball, hockey, soccer and just about anything else that should be in play right now are holding out hope for the return of football in the fall. And Amazon is right there with them, as […]
Amazon’s Seattle HQ. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) Amazon is expanding its sports media footprint with a new deal to stream New York Yankees baseball games this season. The Seattle tech giant will stream 21 Yankees games on Prime Video later this year. The live MLB content will be free for Prime members, but only […]
Jody Allen (right), sister of Paul Allen and the new Seahawks owner, helps raise the 12th Man flag and pumps up the crowd before a game. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) It’s no secret that the number 12 is important to the Seattle Seahawks. The team refers to fans as 12s, raises a 12th Man […]
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 […]
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 […]
Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, right, with Jason LeeKeenan, CEO of Tally, in Seattle in 2018. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) When the Seattle Seahawks take on the Los Angeles Rams on Oct. 3 this season, fans might want to predict how many touchdowns quarterback Russell Wilson will throw against his division rival on that […]