Nike Accelerator Spotlight: Coachbase lets you draw up plays, strategies with an iPad

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Editor’s note: Nike Accelerator Spotlight takes a look at the ten startups participating in the Nike+ Accelerator, a three-month startup program based in Portland, Ore. and put on by Nike and TechStars. GeekWire is featuring each company leading up to the June 10 demo day.  Toss out those felt pens and washable clipboards — Coachbase is making… Read More…

NCAA bans Twitter hashtags from football fields, #WTF?

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It seemed as though the NCAA was lightening up to the idea of social media when it lifted an in-game tweet limit last month. But now the NCAA football rules committee has oddly decided to ban the use of hashtags on the football field. Yep, that’s right: Schools can’t paint hashtags that promote their teams… Read More…

This startup hacks the brain to help make you a better athlete

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For a golfer trying to perfect his or her swing, there are several ways to be like Tiger Woods: You can hire a coach, enroll in a school, buy books or watch videos, just to name a few. What I did the other day was a little different. It required no reading material and no driving… Read More…

Paul Allen says Steve Ballmer would be a ‘great NBA owner’

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Paul Allen thinks his good buddy and former colleague Steve Ballmer would be a “great” NBA owner, but isn’t exactly gung-ho about bringing the NBA back to Seattle. Ballmer is leading an investment group that is trying to buy the Sacramento Kings and bring them to the Emerald City. The Microsoft CEO and Chris Hansen reached… Read More…

ESPN’s Kenny Mayne on childhood prank calls, cloud computing and his love for Twitter

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Washington native Kenny Mayne is one of the more hilarious people around sports broadcasting. A quick YouTube search of his name or a scroll through his latest Tweets is a surefire way to get a good chuckle. So when we ran into Mayne at the Seattle Sports of the Year awards show earlier this year, we had… Read More…

App of the Week: ‘StatSmack’ is perfect for March Madness

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Sure, you love your college basketball team, but how well do you argue against rival fans? StatSheet’s College Basketball “StatSmack” might just come in handy this time of year. It’s a free app for iPhone and Android. Just enter your favorite team, and the name of another team, and the app returns a list of statistical… Read More…

Geek Madness Day 3: Newton ousts Hawking; Musk vs. Allen showdown awaits

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Editor’s Note: Geek Madness is our quest to find the greatest geek of all time We’re only eight games through the first-ever Geek Madness and the competition is just starting to heat up. The first four math/science matchups wrapped up Sunday night after some rabid discussion over on our Facebook page. Hundreds of you chimed in, whether it was… Read More…

GeekWire Radio: Sports, tech and the future of being a fan

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[Editor's note:  Be sure to join us in person April 11 for the GeekWire Radio Show, live on stage for the first time, at the HUB Seattle in Pioneer Square. Listen to the end of this week's show for a special discount code for GeekWire listeners.] Just in time for March Madness, this week’s GeekWire… Read More…

3 ways your brand can learn from how sports teams handle social media

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When panelists are introduced at an event, the audience usually gets a typical rundown of accolades and achievements of the given speaker. You know the drill.  Tuesday night inside City Hall was a tad different. When moderator Matt Pittman took the mic to start the night, it was obvious that this particular Seattle Social Media… Read More…

Sports Hack Day Diary: Lessons from a journalist jumping into a hackathon

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The demos concluded, judges had left and computers were tucked away. Yet an hour after Sports Hack Day wrapped up Sunday afternoon, there was one team still going at it.  As the Super Bowl streamed in front of us, my comrades noticed a problem. Our project “Juiced or Not,” an app that shows then-and-now comparisons of NFL players… Read More…