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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Seattle Seahawks owner Paul Allen is honored by the team at CenturyLink Field in December 2017, 20 years after he kept the NFL franchise from leaving. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) Paul Allen has been credited with keeping the Seattle Seahawks from leaving the city, and now the late owner and Microsoft co-founder will be […]
(Atavus Image) Atavus, the Seattle startup using analytics to help football players develop better tackling skills, has been acquired by Phoenix Sports Partners, a sports technology and data investment fund. The deal was finalized earlier this month according to a news release this week. Atavus started as a rugby skills platform in 2011 and transitioned […]
Andrea Kremer and Hannah Storm enter their second season calling games for Amazon’s Thursday Night Football streams. They became the first all-female duo to call an entire NFL game last year. (Amazon Photo) There was limited time to interview Hannah Storm and Andrea Kremer last week, so I made sure to ask the veteran sports […]
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 […]