Tagged: basketball

December 15, 2021 @ 9:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The NBA’s Golden State Warriors and FTX US have announced a new and “first-of-its-kind” cryptocurrency partnership in professional sports. As the Warriors’ Official Cryptocurrency Platform and NFT Marketplace, the franchise will “drop NFTs on FTX.us, beginning in early 2022.” As mentioned in an update shared… Read More

July 29, 2019 @ 1:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Tencent Holdings Limited, a leading provider of Internet value-added services based in China, announced on Monday its five-year partnership expansion with NBA in China. Tencent reported it will provide extensive NBA coverage on its platforms through the 2024-25 NBA season, including live NBA games, NBA… Read More

August 15, 2017 @ 2:57 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, famous traveling basketball organization the Harlem Globetrotters announced it has teamed up with crowdfunding platform CrowdRise for a new American Red Cross initiative. According to the team, this new initiative will offer fans a chance to win a trip for four to Hawaii… Read More

January 4, 2017 @ 2:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Gotham Ballers, a New York basketball team that is set to be a part of the new Champions Basketball League, has recently launched a StartEngine Reg CF campaign. The team is seeking a minimum of $50,000 (max $1 million) as it prepares to make its… Read More

March 12, 2015 @ 12:14 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Luxury wine brand Yao Family Wines, founded and owned (25%)  by  retired Houston Rockets basketball star and  humanitarian Yao Ming, has raised over $2,020,000  toward its  $3 million crowdfunding goal on Crowdfunder.  Pre-money valued at $15M, Yao Family Wines develops, produces, markets and sells Napa Valley wine brands in… Read More

March 5, 2015 @ 3:32 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

If the Chinese characters on your bottle of very fine wine recall bygone basketball games, here’s to Yao Ming. Luxury wine brand Yao Family Wines, founded by Yao Ming, retired basketball star with the Houston Rockets and a global humanitarian, is now crowdfunding on Crowdfunder, with a $3 million goal…. Read More

February 18, 2015 @ 2:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, Penn State’s basketball coach Pat Chambers was hit with a $10,000 fine for making a comment about a “bad call” that was made by NCAA officials during the Maryland game on February 4th.  Now the university’s fans and students are rallying behind… Read More

June 6, 2014 @ 2:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Actor, comedian and talk show host Arsenio Hall launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo a couple weeks ago to raise a ridiculous $1 billion to buy the Los Angeles Clippers from infamous Donald Sterling. Perhaps Arsenio was hoping for a new day job as his… Read More

September 18, 2013 @ 4:30 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

The Biz of Sports network has had to shutter three of their four core products. Verticals centered on basketball and football have already been archived, and the team says that the Biz of Hockey website will soon suffer the same fate. In an effort to… Read More

February 23, 2013 @ 10:41 am By Amanda Erickson  |  

Is this the future of city budgeting? Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is looking to expand the city’s basketball league for at-risk youth. But instead of funding “Windy City Hoops” through raised taxes or a rejiggered budget, Emanuel is crowdsourcing the project, complete with a page… Read More