From the shoes we wear on our feet to the high definition televisions in our living room, wearable devices, the sports universe is a breeding ground for technology. Writer and Photographer Rick Limpert will examine this each week on The Tech of Sports – With guests which include athletes, inventors and journalists that cover the intersection of sports and technology.
Baseball is a game that is identified with food. We even sing about it at every ballpark during the seventh inning stretch: “….buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack…” The famous song was written by Jack Norworth in 1908. During the 2014 baseball season, Bennett Jacobstein and his wife traveled to each of the major league stadiums to investigate the variety of food offerings. In January 2015, Bennett published The Joy of Ballpark Food.
Greg Kraynak CEO Cellhire USA. With 29 million U.S. residents traveling abroad last year many have run into issues with unsecure WiFi connections with the threat and realization of stolen personal information. Cyber criminals are everywhere and finding a safe connection for your smartphone, tablet and laptop can be hard to find when traveling to international locations. Cellhire USA has created and offers a smart and simple way to travel with WiFi for all your devices- International MiFi’s.
In my opinion and many others too, Bobby Grace makes the best putters in the world. With dozens and dozens of different putters on the market, that is saying something. Bobby’s is an authentic American success story that began when he was a teenager in St. Petersburg, Florida, not far from where his Tour Shop is headquartered today. Taking up golf at a very young age, Bobby quickly became a champion junior golfer, winning many titles and even competing in the US Amateur and the British Amateur. He soon realized that his fascination with the game extended beyond participating as a player to its history, with a particular focus on the classic game-changing clubs.
Richard Miller is the Voice of the North Florida Ospreys. From 2010 to 2014, he hosted his own show Miller On Sports in the Jacksonville market. You can hear Richard calling UNF basketball and baseball on 1010XL. On Twitter @MillerOnSports. He comes on “The Tech of Sports” to talk broadcasting, technology and the city of Jacksonville.
Jimmy Weller, a native of Ohio, is racing a partial NASCAR XFINITY schedule this year, beginning with the XFINITY Series race in Richmond in a couple weeks. He actually has a really great story behind how he got to the XFINITY Series.
Ray Black Jr. is driving the No. 07 ScubaLife Chevrolet Silverado for the full NASCAR Camping World Truck Series schedule this season. Ray had a great race- a top-five finish at Daytona International Speedway—it was actually the best finish of his young Truck Series career. Ray is driving for long-time truck series owner Bobby Dotter and SS Green Light Racing—the team has more than 335 consecutive starts in the truck series dating back to 2001. The truck series continues to be a strong series that continues attracts up and coming talent.