Tag: Sports Tech
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VIDEO: Our favorite GeekWire moments of 2018
Technology Access Foundation co-founder and executive director Trish Millines Dziko accepts the Geeks Give Back award at the 2018 GeekWire Awards. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) In this episode of TLDR, we’re taking a look back at some of our favorite and most fun GeekWire moments of 2018. It was a big year for our…
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After questioning moon landings, NBA star Stephen Curry gets an invite from NASA
NBA star Stephen Curry speaks at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2016. (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper) One way to get an tour of Johnson Space Center’s high-security Lunar Sample Laboratory Facility is to question whether people landed on the moon at all. At least that strategy works if you’re an NBA basketball star like Golden State…
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After questioning moon landings, NBA star Stephen Curry gets an invite from NASA
NBA star Stephen Curry speaks at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2016. (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper) One way to get an tour of Johnson Space Center’s high-security Lunar Sample Laboratory Facility is to question whether people landed on the moon at all. At least that strategy works if you’re an NBA basketball star like Golden State…
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He shoots, he scores: Basketball star Chris Bosh geeks out over Mars InSight mission
Chris Bosh and his wife, Adrienne Bosh, pose for a selfie with an Atlas 5 rocket in advance of today’s Mars InSight launch. (Adrienne Bosh via Twitter) While retired NBA All-Star basketball player Chris Bosh plans his next career moves, he and his wife Adrienne are taking a time out to witness the launch of…
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How love for a girl and fast boats led hydroplane champ Jimmy Shane to build rockets at Blue Origin
Jimmy Shane hoists the Seafair Cup after his hydroplane victory today. (GeekWire photo/Kevin Lisota) Jimmy Shane piloted the Miss HomeStreet hydroplane to a victory in the Seafair Cup today in Seattle. Now he’ll head back to his day job: building rockets at Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos. Shane’s Seafair…
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17776: A hilarious glimpse at the future of football, as seen from space
SB Nation gives a science-fiction glimpse into the future of football. (SB Nation Illustration / Jon Bois) Spoiler alert: This report doesn’t give away any major plot twists in “17776,” SB Nation’s online presentation, but if you want to stay totally in the dark, wait to read this item until after you’ve checked it out.…
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Seahawks star Russell Wilson, astronaut Buzz Aldrin share inspiration with students at WE Day
Space icon Buzz Aldrin speaks at WE Day Seattle 2017 on Friday. (GeekWire photos / Kevin Lisota) Write down your goals, listen more, and dream big. These are good pieces of advice for anyone, really, but they held special importance for more than 15,000 students who gathered inside an energetic Key Arena on Friday in…
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Paul Allen discusses the Stratolaunch and sports at U.S. Space & Rocket Center
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen Dressed in a black tuxedo, Paul Allen sat on stage in front of 800 people Wednesday night in Huntsville, Alabama and shared personal insight on a variety of questions. But his words weren’t about new software, cloud computing or the Surface. Rather, the talk focused on two of the billionaire’s other…