The historic Olympic Games, called the Olympiad, had been held in honour of the top deity, Zeus, and featured numerous forms of religious dedication to him and other gods. As many Greeks travelled to see the games, this combination of religion and sport also served as a means of uniting them. Sports engineering emerged as a discipline in 1998 with an growing focus not simply on materials design but additionally the usage of know-how in sport, from analytics and large information to wearable expertise.
Also contains sections for minor, overseas, impartial and school baseball leagues. Today’s SBJ Spotlight podcast options two interviews from this week’s SportTechie State of the Industry convention in New York. In the second interview, Meredith McPherron, CEO and Managing Partner of DRIVE by DraftKings, talks with SportTechie’s Joe Lemire about bringing extra fans to the platform by way of personalization, and the way forward for NFTs …