Baseball loves its mythology of loyalty, grit, and looking out for your teammates. It celebrates the journeyman who grinds through the minors for a cup of coffee in the big leagues. Yet for hundreds of men who actually lived that story between 1947 and 1979, the game and its players’…

The AI industry has a peculiar problem in the middle of 2026. Frontier labs and hyperscalers continue pouring tens of billions into models that grow more capable. Enterprises keep writing large checks for access to those models. Yet fewer than one in five large companies report meaningful return on their…

Revisiting KILOGEAR’s Efficiency Study in the Data-Driven Sports Tech Era Disclosure: I am an investor in KILOGEAR. Major sports leagues are pouring resources into performance analytics, recovery tools, and fan platforms through incubators like NBA Launchpad, NFL 32 Equity, and MLS Innovation Lab. At the same time, specialized brands are…

The 2026 Playbook for Performance, Fans, and Innovation Major sports leagues have quietly become some of the most sophisticated venture builders in tech. Through dedicated programs like the NBA Launchpad, NFL’s 32 Equity, MLS Innovation Lab, and accelerators tied to the English Premier League and others, they are no longer…

Strategies for new Coders in a Winner-Takes-Most Market Recently have been asked a few times for advice to new college graduates entering the job market. These are sharp, bright young people with newly minted Computer Science degrees from the best universities, and they are looking for work. This situation would…

Still Investigational, but the Finish Line Is in Sight I’ve spent years chasing better data on how my body actually responds to training load. Oura Ring trends over 1,400+ days. Hume BodyPod composition. VO2 max testing. Stair climbs with micro-weighted gear. Weighted apparel protocols. The common thread is simple: I…

Wearable Technology Partnerships Powering the Next Era of Functional Fitness and Racing Disclosure: I am an investor in WURQ. The functional fitness and competitive racing landscapes are evolving rapidly. CrossFit remains a global benchmark for high-intensity training, while HYROX (the World Series of Fitness Racing) has exploded in popularity with…

Near-Infrared Spectroscopy, or NIRS, sounds like something from a sci-fi lab, but it’s rapidly becoming a practical tool for everyday athletes, runners, lifters, and fitness enthusiasts. I was told to think of it as a “window into your muscles.” Basically, NIRS tells you how well an athlete is using oxygen…

Could this unlock Real-Time Insights into Athletic Performance? Muscle oxygen saturation, commonly abbreviated as SmO₂, represents one of the most promising frontiers in sports science and wearable technology. Unlike heart rate or power output—which provide indirect or external measures of effort—SmO₂ delivers direct, real-time data on how efficiently muscles are…

Endurance Boost Without Overtraining: Smart Resistance Strategies Wearing my Performance Gear Advisor hat, I’ve seen smart micro-resistance strategies using evenly distributed wearable loads deliver: Endurance gains with far less total mileage and dramatically reduced overtraining risk. This post explores why micro-resistance beats extra miles. The approach builds real resilience and…