Awards & Honors
10 Most Innovative Sports Tech Companies: ASB GlassFloor’s LED-embedded courts could change how sports are watched and played
ASB GlassFloor’s roots, dating to the 1960s, are in the construction of temporary aluminum structures. The company developed its first glass floor in the early 2000s, designed for outdoor squash.
Year-End Awards: Best NIL Athlete — JuJu Watkins, USC women’s basketball
Whatever mantle was left in the women’s basketball NIL world by Caitlin Clark’s graduation from Iowa and subsequent move to the WNBA has since been filled, and then some, by USC superstar JuJu Watkins.
Year-End Awards: Best Sustainability Initiative — Intuit Dome
The 5,400 solar panels covering Intuit Dome collect energy during daylight hours that is then stored in the facility’s 11-plus megawatt hours battery storage. It’s the first such setup in an American sports venue, making the Los Angeles Clippers’ recently opened $2.3 billion arena one of the few in ...
Year-End Awards: Best Sports Business Athlete — Caitlin Clark
No one thought this day would ever come — an NBA team riding a WNBA team’s coattails — but that’s how Caitlin Clark has changed the world.
Year-End Awards: Staff Picks — Top Sports Documentaries
“Charlie Hustle & The Matter of Pete Rose” (HBO)
Year-End Awards: Best Sports Audio — ‘New Heights’ podcast
Think of the sports properties that have achieved the ultimate goal of cultural crossover, occupying that highly lucrative space where you’re both part of sports and part of something much bigger.
Year-End Awards: Best Media Personality — Charles Barkley
No one ever called him Air Barkley when he played, but On-Air Barkley is a viewing (and listening) experience like no other.
Year-End Awards: Best NIL Deal — EA Sports College Football 25
The O’Bannon v. NCAA lawsuit that ultimately ushered in the name, image and likeness era to college athletics had one early casualty: the end of college football video games.
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But this is also not about us. So, we asked ‘What do people need?’ They need a little bit of fun, maybe a little bit of levity, a little bit of normalcy, those conversations about basketball.-- ESPN’s Malika Andrews, on the decision to structure yesterday’s “NBA Today” show as normal as possible despite the ongoing California wildfires.
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