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In celebration of 15 years of ESPN The Magazine, here is a tribute to the top 15 sports tech innovations since the publication's launch. However, at the rate of technology growth, this list will surely become outdated.

Editor's note: This is the extended version of a story that appears in ESPN The Magazine's Feb. 4 Perfect Issue. Subscribe today! It's not every day an athlete can tell the NFL off, not get fined and become an overnight social-media success story....

This is the first in a series of collaborations between Klout and ESPN to highlight athletes with surprising social media influence. Check out the Feb. 4 issue of ESPN The Magazine as well as the Playbook Tech blog for additional content driven by Kl...