News Brief Virtually banned: EA Sports removes Ray Rice from Madden NFL 15 game Not only is Ray Rice suspended from the NFL in real life, but now he’s being kicked out of the… Read More
Free marketing for Apple: NFL announcers call Microsoft’s Surface tablet an ‘iPad-like tool’ Microsoft is supplying NFL coaches and players with Surface tablets on the sidelines this season, but at least a few… Read More
Ready for some football? Check out these tech tips for the NFL season This weekend, it’s basically Christmas for millions of pro football fans in America. That’s because Sunday marks the opening day… Read More
NFL exec: 70% of fans use a second screen while watching football Whether it’s checking the latest tweets or finding out how many points your fantasy team scored, a majority of football… Read More
Live blog: NFL touts new technology in Seattle on eve of regular season We’re at CenturyLink Field this afternoon on the eve of the 2014-15 NFL season. League executives and CEOs from companies… Read More
Microsoft Bing’s prediction engine picks Seahawks to beat Packers If Microsoft Bing’s prediction engine is as good at predicting NFL games as it was picking World Cup match winners, well, expect… Read More
NFL players, coaches now using Microsoft’s Surface tablet during games This upcoming football season, NFL players and coaches have the option to use a new device that will help them make more… Read More
Microsoft woos football fans with free Madden NFL 15 in Xbox One bundle If you’re a fan of EA Sports’ Madden NFL franchise and still have yet to purchase a next-generation console, Microsoft wants… Read More
NFL players will wear shoulder pads with RFID tags to measure performance The NFL is getting a little more geeky this season. With help from Illinois-based Zebra Technologies, the league is installing receivers… Read More
New Levi’s Stadium app lets you watch instant replays of Seahawks dominating 49ers The 49ers may have lost the NFC Championship to the Seahawks in January, but their brand new stadium arguably takes the… Read More
AT&T merger with DirectTV may fall through if NFL contract is not renewed In an example of how valuable live football is to media companies today, AT&T may pull out of its merger with DirecTV… Read More
How to watch the NFL Draft on your Xbox One If you plan to watch the NFL Draft tonight and own an Xbox One, the NFL app might be worth… Read More
How teams utilized Microsoft’s Surface at the NFL Scouting Combine We’re beginning to see more and more of Microsoft on and off the NFL field thanks to a partnership inked last year, and… Read More
NFL prevents fans from watching live stream on mobile devices at Super Bowl It can be a real pain to send texts, make calls and access the Internet from a mobile device when… Read More
CBS, NBC live streaming NFL playoffs for free, but Fox makes things tougher for Seahawks fans It’s January, and that means it’s NFL playoffs time. It’s also 2014, and that means you’ll be able to watch… Read More
NFL sets minimum Wi-Fi, cell phone connectivity requirements for stadiums If you’ve ever gone to a widely-attended sporting event, it’s likely that sending a text or tweet has been problematic.… Read More
Take that, Seahawks fans: Kansas City Chiefs set new Guinness World Record for crowd noise As a fan inside Century Link Field, I can attest that the raucous Seahawks game last month against San Francisco… Read More
Before IPO, Twitter partners with NFL to sell video ad packages Miss that amazing touchdown pass? Want to see how exactly the Seahawks won again? Check your Twitter stream. Before its… Read More
These apps will help Seahawks fans break a world record for crowd noise on Sunday It is going to be loud inside CenturyLink Field on Sunday evening — not just any kind of loud, but… Read More
Seahawks Sunday: Must-follow Twitter accounts for the most anticipated NFL season in years Life is back to normal today for the millions of pro football fans around the country, as the NFL season… Read More
Uber now driving drunk NFL players home If you’re looking to catch a ride through Uber in the coming months, your driver’s last passenger may have been… Read More
Microsoft betting big on sports with new personalized ESPN and NFL apps You knew Microsoft was placing a big investment in sports when it signed a multi-million dollar contract with the NFL… Read More
New Madden 25 promo is another example of Russell Wilson’s superiority over Colin Kaepernick The hype surrounding both the Seattle Seahawks and EA Sports’ Madden NFL 25 game are sky-high right now, and both entities… Read More
Sports-med company raises fresh cash to detect concussions in real time with neck patches Preventing concussions in sports is a hot topic with more than 3.8 million sports brain injuries occuring per year across all levels… Read More
Seahawks fans trying to break Guinness record for crowd noise Fans of the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks — a.k.a the 12th Man — once caused an earthquake because they were so… Read More
Facebook app coming to Windows 8, along with Flipboard, NFL Fantasy Football For Facebook fans using Windows 8 devices, today brings good news. At Microsoft’s Build conference today in San Francisco, CEO Steve… Read More
NFL commish says new multi-year partnership with Microsoft will ‘change the game of football’ The nation’s most popular sport is about to get real geeky thanks in large part to technology from Microsoft. During… Read More
Steve Wiebe, Seahawks players coming to EMP for Game Nite 2 As if the EMP’s Art of Video Games exhibit could not get any more bad-ass, now local NFL stars and a Donkey… Read More
Sports Hack Day Diary: Lessons from a journalist jumping into a hackathon The demos concluded, judges had left and computers were tucked away. Yet an hour after Sports Hack Day wrapped up Sunday afternoon,… Read More
NFL funding WSU research to fix injured brains with self-created nerve cells Head injuries are putting the safety of NFL players — and really the game of football itself — in danger.… Read More
