It’s a new year and new era for NASCAR, and the new Cup series starts with the opening points race, the Great American Race — the Daytona 500 — on February 18. In a move only slightly surprising, DJ Khaled, a Grammy-winning rap artist, will get to wave the green
With this update to NHL Blast, including the new 3D visualization of its All-Star game, the league is looking build on its efforts to drum up interest in the sports league with younger consumers. Click here to read the story at finance.yahoo.com. Discussion Questions:
* Teacher Note: Consider sharing the “Clarkonomics” infographic in class to help steer any class discussion around this news story. You can download the infographic from the “Bonus Content” section of the website, accessible from your “My Account” page. Cailtin “Clarkonomics” Caitlin Clark made history Thursday as women’s college basketball’s
If you think the NFL has plenty of power and influence, you haven’t paid much attention to FIFA. When FIFA says jump, the response isn’t, “How high?” The response is jump. Click here to read the story at nbcsports.com. Discussion Questions:
Today, NBA commissioner Adam Silver and San Antonio Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama took to the stage at the league’s annual tech summit to run a demo of NB-AI, an NBA-trained voice assistant that will use generative AI technology to personalize watching live games on the NBA app. Click here to
Tens of millions of people will be tuning in to the Super Bowl on Feb. 11, but to say that “all eyes will be on the game” might be a bit of a stretch. Click here to read the story at marketingdive.com. Discussion Questions:
Sports fans greeted Tuesday’s news that Fox, ESPN and Warner Bros. Discovery will form a new, unified streaming entity with a mixture of hope and resignation. Click here to read the story at sports.yahoo.com. Discussion Questions:
The NBA today unveiled the state-of-the-art full video LED court, developed by ASB GlassFloor, that will be used for NBA All-Star 2024 events taking place at Lucas Oil Stadium. Click here to read the story at nba.com. Discussion Questions:
In January, as Inter Miami arrived in El Salvador for its first preseason match of 2024, hundreds of cheering fans greeted the team’s convoy of pink buses, jostling past one another just to catch a glimpse of, arguably, the most famous athlete on the planet, Lionel Messi. Click here to
Disney is investing $1.5 billion in “Fortnite” developer Epic Games in what will be the Mouse House’s “biggest foray into the game space ever,” Disney CEO Bob Iger announced Wednesday. Click here to read the story at variety.com. Discussion Questions: