Relevent Sports is promoting a May 23 friendly between EPL clubs Manchester City and Chelsea at Busch Stadium that sold out in less than three hours. This is the first match promoted by RSE Ventures’ soccer division, and the first professional, non-baseball sporting event hosted at the ballpark. Also, Relevent Sports, Sun Life Stadium and RSE Ventures [...]

Meet the athletes, companies, technologies and other names about to change the sports world as we know it. Mike Trout and Robert Griffin III had monster breakout seasons last year, and they may very well be the future perennial all stars of their respective sports. But those names are already known to the average sports [...]

The AP unveiled a sequel to its popular 2012 sport video at Sportel in Rio de Janeiro, outlining how the second screen experience — combining TV and mobile devices — has become a firm new reality in the world of sport. The video connects the dots of the changing media world among news organizations, advertisers, [...]

Kleiner Perkins partner Mary Meeker is doing a year-end presentation on the state of the web at Stanford tonight. We have the slides of her presentation here. As usual, it’s a must read for anyone in the industry, or anyone with interest in technology. This update to Meeker’s deck has new data, and new slides covering [...]

Predictive sports game startup PrePlay has closed a $4.7 million Series B round, led by Trilogy Equity Partners LLC. RSE Ventures, the VC fund founded by Miami Dolphins’ owner Stephen Ross and Matt Higgins, also participated in the round. PrePlay closed its $3.1 million Series A last July, with RSE Ventures’ CEO Matt Higgins participating in that round as an angel investor. The startup, which was founded [...]

New Yorkers who have longed to catch punts from Jeff Feagles, play a round of golf with Joe Klecko or get fantasy-football advice from former NFL general managers now have their chance. Thuzio, a new company co-founded by former Giants star Tiki Barber, offers fans the opportunity to rent current and retired sports celebrities. The [...]