Pac-12 Poised to Change the Future Of Watching College Athletics
In only a year the newly formed Pac-12 conference has welcomed two new Universities with conference membership (Colorado and Utah) and has overhauled outdated operating practices that have plagued the...
View ArticleSF Giants To Stream First Intersquad Game: Sign of Things to Come?
With the explosion of social media, many organizations have slowly digested what it all means and what things they can do to enhance their brand. It is clear that some teams have decided to take the...
View ArticlePac-12 Brings on Laura McKeeman as First On-Air Social Media Reporter
It has been a very busy year for the Pac-12 conference: it secured the largest TV rights deal in college sports history and is preparing to launch six regional networks later this fall. Yet the...
View ArticleNo. 1 On the Court and No. 1 in Social Media: Kentucky Wildcats Winning On...
As we enter the Final Four this weekend, there are a lot of familiar faces headed to New Orleans to compete for the 2012 NCAA Championship. In fact, all of the programs (Ohio State, Kansas, Kentucky,...
View ArticleKansas Jayhawks Win Social Media Final Four
We here at Sport Techie examined Kentucky Basketball’s Social Media expertise earlier this week. It appears that another one of the Final Four participants also has social media prowess of its own....
View ArticleSan Francisco Giants Add New Tech Dimensions to Ballpark Tours
The San Francisco Giants continue to demonstrate how they are on the cutting edge when it comes to the utilization of technology throughout their stadium and the day to day operations of the team....
View ArticleDirecTV Catapults Masters Coverage to Next Level
On the heels of Monday’s Final Four championship, golf now takes center stage with one of its premier tournaments of the season starting Thursday: the Masters. The tournament will pit surging classic...
View ArticleUniwatch Parlays Big NFL Announcement into Windfall of Twitter Followers
The big news in sports this week was a changing of the guard for the NFL’s official apparel manufacturer. On April 1, Reebok’s ten-year exclusive contract with the league ended and Nike began its...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Phillies and New York Yankees Would Face Off In a 2012 Twitter...
The 2012 Major League Baseball season kicked off Wednesday night at new Marlins stadium and it got us thinking about who the best teams are at engaging fans through Twitter. It turns out the...
View Article2012 Twitter Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens Defeat Vancouver Canucks
Last week, we explored how actively Major League Baseball teams use Twitter. With the NHL playoff s starting up this week, its a great ime to see how the two sports compare. The findings are a bit...
View ArticleToronto Blue Jays Players Reaching Out To Young Fans On Twitter; And It’s...
April is always the time of eternal optimism for baseball fans. Every team is within contention and even the longest of long shots have hopes that this year will be “The Year”. Safe to say, history...
View ArticleMLB Fan Cave Continues to Thrive In Year Two
With the 2012 MLB season in full swing, the MLB Fan Cave is up and running, in year two, after a highly successful inaugural campaign. The couches have gotten busier, with nine mega-fans instead of...
View ArticlePittsburgh Pirates Hold First Ever Social Media Night For Tonight’s Game
By Simon Ogus – Email | Twitter | Articles We here are Sport Techie have covered the progress that MLB teams have taken to really focus on the value of social media and the immediate and long-lasting...
View ArticleNBA Becomes First Pro Sports League To Honor Best of Social Media
Every professional sports league views social media differently. We have previously discussed how we thought the Masters’ dropped the ball by not prioritizing their social media outreach during the...
View ArticleNew York Mets To Hold Social Media Night For Tonight’s Game
Social media nights are catching on in Major League Baseball. The Pittsburgh Pirates hosted an event late last month and the Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs followed with their own nights soon after....
View ArticleLouisville Athletics Announces Social Media Plan Featuring Louie the Cardinal
Summer is usually a quiet time in collegiate athletics. None of the teams are competing and there are only so many times that a devoted fan can visit a team’s webpage to view the countdown clock until...
View ArticleAt Long Last! FIFA Approves Goal-Line Instant Replay Technology
Technological improvements when it comes to improving the officiating in sports are always a mixed bag. The NFL has highly embraced replay while MLB has stated this season they are not looking to add...
View ArticleLive@Wimbledon Serves Up Unprecedented Tennis Coverage Online
While Roger Federer just wrapped up his seventh Wimbledon championship and made this charity a lot of money, the big winners were the fans who would normally have been out of luck if they didn’t have...
View ArticleUniversity of Michigan Transforming the Wolverine Brand Through Technology
Michigan Football has gone through a transformation under the leadership of Hunter Lochmann Dave Brandon is making a splash at Michigan. Not only is his program on the rise, but the Michigan Athletic...
View ArticlePac-12 Networks Ready for Historic Launch Tonight at 6PM PDT
Athletes, fans and alumni of Pac-12 institutions anxiously await tonight’s launch of the Pac-12 Network. The launch of the Pac-12 Networks has been highly anticipated ever since Larry Scott announced...
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